A Separate Peace

John Knowles

Jul 2000 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Matthew Modine

About this audiobook

Gene was a lonely, introverted intellectual.  Phineas was a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete.  What happened between them at school one summer  during the early years of World War II is the  subject of A Separate Peace. A  great bestseller for over thirty years--one of the  most starkly moving parables ever written of the  dark forces that brood over the tortured world of  adolescence.

Ratings and reviews

SpoilerAlert! WHOA author died the year I read his book. Reading a novel was nearly impossible if not torture for me, but I read this book cover to cover and even phtsh.pd myself on the cover because honestly, i thought the book was secretly "homotextual" . i was going thru a similar situation at the time in high school. I don't think we were at war but 911 occurred that year as well and Peter (my Phineas) didn't break a leg and diiii...et but he did join the Air Force and broke my ♥️.

About the author

John Knowles, who died in 2001, was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University, as well as a recipient of the William Faulkner Award and the Rosenthal Award of the National Insititute of Arts and Letters.

Matthew Modine is an award-winning actor of stage, television, and film. In film, he is best known for his role as the title character in Alan Parker's Birdy and his iconic role as Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. His television credits include Weeds, And the Band Played On, and Stranger Things.