{"product_id":"of-mice-and-men","title":"Of Mice and Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eby John Steinbeck\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 107 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Puffin Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Puffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42254792753207,"sku":"ISBN-9780140177398","price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/7597\/files\/9780140177398_9305440f-661c-4596-b537-f6147ac1365b.jpg?v=1780710426","url":"https:\/\/www.nest.ca\/products\/of-mice-and-men","provider":"Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}