Resultados para "Of Mice and Men" en Literatura y ficción

Celebrating its 75th anniversary, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. Here is Steinbeck’s dramatic adaptation of his novel-as-play, which received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play in 1937-1938 and has featured...

Fat Boy McMaster is a hopeless heavyweight boxer, who has somehow managed to become the champion of Ireland. His devious manager has set up a St Patrick's Day fight in New York against Mike Tyson, and he wants journalist Dan Starkey to write about it. Once in New York, however, McMaster's wife is kidnapped, the Champ is chased all over town by gunmen, and there's the Big Fight to consider too...

Journalist Dan Starkey has signed on to cover the heavyweight title fight between the Irish national champion, Fat Boy McMaster, and Iron Mike Tyson, in New York City. Starkey is hoping for a fat paycheck and a quiet holiday, but when the stakes are this high, the Big Apple has more to dish out. As Starkey's quiet holiday crumbles, his chronicle morphs into a quick-paced thriller complete with kidnappings, inner-city commando operations, and an elaborately sinister whale-watching cruise - none of which is enough to stem the flow of Starkey’s crackling repartee.

Mus og Mænd er den tragiske historie om de to venner George og Lennie, der vandrer fra ranch til ranch i Californien i håb om at finde arbejde under Den Store Depression i 1930’erne. George er lille, men intelligent, og Lennie er stor og stærk, men mere eller mindre retarderet. De håber en dag at kunne realisere deres fælles drøm om at slå sig ned og arbejde på deres eget stykke jord. Men pengene er små og arbejdet svært at fastholde - ikke mindst pga.