New Longman Literature titles provide an excellent selection of popular modern fiction and are suitable for 14-18 year olds of all abilities. Notes and questions are provided at the beginning of each section to help guide the student`s understanding of key themes and language. A programme of study provides practice in skills required at GCSE. "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" Of Mice and Men is a poignant tale of the extraordinary friendship between two itinerant workers in the harsh depression years of 1930s America.