Koopje of mice and man – John Steinbeck

First published in 1937.
George and Lennie are migrant American labourers, the one alert and protective, the other tremendously strong but stupid and potentially dangerous.This is the powerful and sympathetically told story of their relationship, of their dreams of one day finding a more stable and less lonely way of life, and of the tragedy that overtakes them when Lennie’s strength gets finally out of control.