Author Topic: A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace
« on: January 11, 2025 »
I recently grabbed this for train reading.



Wrong pic.



No, not that one either. Both those were later espied at the Museum of the Home, in Hoxton.



That's the one. Wrong cover, if we're being persnickety.





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He used this preoccupied tone when he was thinking of something more interesting than what you had said.

I'm guessing that's not what caught your eye.



As you can see, I like to juggle books.

I first read the John Knowles classic when I was about the same age as its protagonists. It has haunted me ever since.



Was there a film? Yes indeed, in the year of our lordy 1972:




Well, I'd probably watch it anyway if I could find it online for free. A transfer of funds does not appear to be justified.


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and this is where the plot THICKENS


Trees and me have history.

<Ahem>
I think that I shall never see
A plant as bloodthirsty as a tree