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A Separate Peace By John Knowles (late 1950s) This story takes place at Devon School in New Hampshire , when one of the main characters gene flashes back fifteen years to tell the adventures his friends and him had through their experiences at Devon School. The story starts when Gene returns to Devon school and turns back to his past to tell the story of the days him and his friend Phineas roamed the school. Phineas or Finny was a daredevil, he would do any thing for the thrill. Gene is more of the calm, normal type of person but, when Finny and him were together they did some wild and crazy things. The summer of 1942 Finny and Gene came up with an idea to start their own club. They called the club the Super Suicide Society of the Summer, it was a club for exciting and dangerous things. One day Finny