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Praise for A Separate Peace

'A novel that made such a deep impression on me at sixteen that I can still conjure the atmosphere in my fifties: of yearning, infatuation mingled indistinguishably with envy, and remorse' Lionel Shriver

'Artistry of a high order' Saturday Review

'Exceptional power and distinction' The Times

'A quietly vital and cleanly written novel that moves, page by page, toward a most interesting target' Truman Capote

'A model of restraint, deeply felt and beautifully written' Observer

'Some books stay with you. Decades have passed since I first discovered A Separate Peace but its impact remains unforgettable. It's a deeply moving coming of age story, set against the backdrop of war' M.L. Stedman, bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans

'Is he the successor to Salinger for whom we have been waiting so long?' Encounter

'A masterpiece' --National Review

An American coming-of-age tale during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peaceis a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world.