And all novels, all poetry, are built on the never ending contest in ourselves between good and evil." ... He returned to California and worked on his first novel, The Cup of Gold in 1929. ... Two years later, one of his more successful and popular books, Of Mice and Men, was written. ... Cannery Row, another novel about California, was then published in 1945. ... He risked his own life many times to save wounded men. ...

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