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It will say "First Edition" on one of the first inside pages. Look closely, it is in small print. ... more
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Cons: J.D. Salinger's style is redundant, his characters are unlikable, and the unrealistic episodes our protagonist engages in reek of bad sitcom humor and denouements. ... Now if redundancy is brilliance, J.D. Salinger is Einstein. The same ... more
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YOU do not need me to remind you that the 25th of this month marks the 250th anniversary of Rabbie the Bard's birth. By spooky coincidence, the first of this month marked the 90th birthday of J D Salinger, pictured below, author of The Catcher In ... more
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it scares me sometimes when they make a movie out of a classic novels.they always butcher it under the premise of best intentions. ... more
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He his a hermit becasue he lives in a shell on the ... more
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The legendary author of The Catcher in the Rye is one of America's most notorious recluses. And if there's one thing ... more
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Solman - I have a couple questions. One is, why do you think Salinger, not why did he, if he was in his cups, perhaps it's understandable, and if he was in Paris in his cups, perhaps more understandable, but why he went with this, but how did he ... more
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This is only idle speculation of course. Both J.D. Salinger and Thomas Pynchon are talented and reclusive American authors. Both are cult figures and take a long time to produce masterpieces. While Salinger is reclusive, Pynchon is very reclusive. ... more
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Likely Swedish writer Fredrik Colting who wrote a novel about what seems to be Holden Caulfield as an older man. Salinger recently took him to court to prevent the book from being published in the United States and won. ... more
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From their webpage: you can view it at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/301077.stm "J D Salinger [. . . ] never speaks to reporters, it is 34 years since he last published anything, and his friends have been fiercely loyal to his privacy. Eighty ... more
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