This novel, set during the war shows how two friends, Gene and Phineas, became very close during the summer of 1942.
Their friendship blossomed from an organization which they founded together called the Super Suicide Society of the Summer
Session. During one of the oraganization's meetings, Phineas suffered a fall that broke his leg. This left his
unable to enlist in the army. During an interrogation by Brinker, another student at Devon, Phineas began to believe
that Gene may have been the cause of his fall. The stress from this realization caused Phineas to have another accident
which eventually resulted in his death.
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