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Old 03-03-2009, 09:22 AM
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what is this book? calling all LIT heads!

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hey, im having trouble remembering the name of this book i read in high school, i dont really NEED the answer, but its been poking at the back of my brain for a few days now and im having no luck

i dont remember the author, i thought it was steinbeck, but upon inspection of his bookography, i dont think it is.

its set around one of the world wars, i think right in the aftermath of the second one, but im not sure.

anyway, there are two main characters, and the story is told in first person from one of them. the two young men go to school together, im pretty sure either boarding school or college, and basically the whole story is the boring tale of how the narrator wishes he was as confident, athletic, and talented as the other one. i know if i hear the name of the book i will remember, but nothing has worked to jog my memory thus far.

i know somebody in here has read this book, and hopefully you remember the name, because its driving me crazy!
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Old 03-03-2009, 09:26 AM
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i knew as soon as i posted i would lightbulb. its A Seperate Peace by John Knowles.
just like when you buy that gear youve been longing for, it goes on sale.

but DAMN that book was boring, huh?
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Old 03-03-2009, 01:14 PM
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I knew exactly what you were talking about as you described it but I couldn't remember the title. Wasn't the good one called Fitzy or something like that?

Ahhhhh 10th grade. Times were simpler then.
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Doesn't that book have something about where the main character is talking about guy's butts or something?
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Yeah, I remembered the book but not the title. Doesnt it end with a guy falling out of a tree or something?
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