"Optimist: One who buys the New Yorker every week, hoping for another Salinger story."
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RIP J.D.Salinger, 91 years old and a legendary recluse.
"Despite his elusiveness, Salinger succeeded at locating himself at the exact intersection of several kinds of American ambivalence. He was famous for not wanting to be famous, sought after primarily because he did not want to be found. His success made his seclusion possible; his seclusion made the hordes of would-be biographers and interviewers and memoir-writing past associates even more frantic to expose him to the public eye. He created profoundly alienated characters with whom millions of readers have identified."
Salingerites are convinced that his home is stocked with unsubmitted manuscripts which may now see the light of day.
Does anyone here have fond memories of Catcher in the Rye?
Rob
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