{"product_id":"of-mice-and-men","title":"Of Mice and Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eA controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThey are an unlikely pair: George is \"small and quick and dark of face\"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a \"family,\" clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A thriller, a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick.\" —The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51707031879982,"sku":"9780140177398","price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/1385\/1694\/files\/9780140177398.jpg?v=1770216053","url":"https:\/\/www.thebeeskneesemporium.ca\/products\/of-mice-and-men","provider":"The Bee's Knees Books \u0026 Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}