The Haunted Life (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Haunted Life is the comingofage story of Peter Martin a college track star determined to idle away what he knows will be one of his last innocent summers in his tranquil New England home town But with the war escalating in Europe and his two closest friends both plotting their escapes he realizes how sheltered his upbringing has been As he surveys the competing influences of his youth he struggles to determine what might lead to an intellectually authentic life