De ratones y hombres / Steinbeck, John

When Lenny, a mentally retarded migrant worker, accidentally commits a murder, his friend George must decide what is the right thing to do. There must be justice, but Lenny will not understand what is going on, and must be protected.

Roughtongued, ribaled men yearn for land of their own.

Sustained by the hope of someday owning a farm of their own, two itinerant laborers arrive to work on a ranch in central California.

Two close friends in the Salinas Valley of California dream of the time they will have enough money to buy their own farm.