Book Reviews – Of Mice and Men

I am sure that every book lover has a pile of books that are sitting at home just waiting to be read.  This year, I have decided to go through my pile and share some of them with you. 

Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck 

One of my favourite books is The Grapes of Wrath by the same author, so I was looking forward to reading this. Published in 1937 it is set in Soledad, California.  We follow two friends George and Lennie, who are starting new jobs as farmhands. They spend their time daydreaming of the possibility of one day owning their own farm. Lennie is as strong as an ox but is a simple man. He is guided by George who regularly tries to keep him out of trouble. Steinbeck paints such touching characters and his scenes are described in perfect detail that it is very easy to imagine them. A beautiful captured moment about an unlikely friendship with such an unexpected ending. This is a book that can be read again and again.