Of mice and men tells the story of Lennie, a mentally deficient, and his companion and guardian angel George, two braceros on the brink of indigence. Hired on a farm run by a former boxer, the dissatisfied wife of the boss puts Lennie in serious trouble, who accidentally kills her and flees to the forest. A touching song to friendship and above all an intense novel with exemplary dialogues and perfectly constructed, from which no reader can forget its outcome.