A woman in this novel is bitter about a man who promised her an acting career while dancing at the Riverside Dance Palace.
A woman in this novel is bitter about a man who promised her an acting career while dancing at the Riverside Dance Palace. Near the end of this novel, a character bemoans the continuing lack of ketchup, reminisces about an earlier threat to go live in a cave, and has a vision of his Aunt Clara. Another character in this novel wears a glove full of Vaseline on his left hand and suspects his wife of having an affair with the "jerkline skinner" (*) Slim. Its other characters include Crooks, the only black man, and Carlson, who heartlessly shoots Candy's aging sheepdog. One of this novel's main characters accidentally kills Curley's wife while stroking her hair, derailing his dreams to live "off the fatta' the land" on a much-discussed rabbit farm. For 10 points, name this John Steinbeck novel about George and Lennie.
A woman in this novel is bitter about a man who promised her an acting career while dancing at the Riverside Dance Palace.
Of Mice and Men