“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place …With us it ain’t like that.We got a future … because I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you.”

George and Lennie are migrant American labourers -the one alert and protective and the other strong, stupid and potentially dangerous. This is the powerful story of their relationship and their dreams of finding a more stable and less lonely way of life. This hardback educational edition contains notes to help students’ understanding.