{"product_id":"a-separate-peace-9781471152320","title":"A Separate Peace","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'A GOOD READ'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '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'\u003cb\u003e Lionel Shriver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn American coming-of-age tale during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSet at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, \u003c\/i\u003eA Separate Peace \u003ci\u003eis a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   -- Lionel Shriver","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867175432535,"sku":"9781471152320","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-separate-peace-9781471152320","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}