"This is an informed, interesting and useful guide to SteinbeckÕs two most famous and widely studied works. It sets them concisely in their biographical, historical, social and political contexts, offers a range of insights into their narrative techniques, style, characterization and themes, and surveys key critical perspectives. The guide will be of benefit to A Level and undergraduate students, providing perspectives they can fruitfully employ in seminar discussions, presentations, essays and examinations." -- Nicholas Tredell
(Consultant Editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism)