The Books:

In Dubious Battle

What happens when the masses becomes the mob? Set against social unrest, apocalyptic violence and strike, In Dubious Battle examines how principled defiance can transform into blind fanaticism.

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Journal of a Novel

Providing an unsurpassed view of Steinbeck as writer and man, Journal of a Novel is an engaging, illuminating day to day account of the writing of East of Eden.

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Of Mice and Men

The compelling story of two outsiders striving to find their place in an unforgiving world.
'A thriller, a gripping tale that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick' The New York Times

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A Russian Journal

A collaboration between Steinbeck and famed war photojournalist Robert Capa, A Russian Journal is an account of their travels through the Soviet Union just as the Iron Curtain fell.

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Steinbeck: A Life in Letters

Starting from his early days in California and finishing in 1968, A Life in Letters comprises 850 correspondences - professional and personal - and gives an insight into the raw creative processes of one of the most naturally-gifted and hard-working writing minds of this century.

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