Title: Salinger /
Authors: Shields, David, 1956-; Salerno, Shane,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Salinger, J. D.; Authors, American Biography; World War, 1939-1945 Veterans Biography.
Abstract: Draws on extensive research and exclusive interviews to share previously undisclosed aspects of the enigmatic writer's life, from his private relationships and service in World War II to his legal concerns and innermost secrets.
Contents: Brahmacharya = Apprenticeship. We're going to start the war from right here ; Slight rebellion off Park Avenue ; Conversation with Salinger #1 ; Six-feet-two of muscle and typewriter ribbon in a foxhole ; Conversation with Salinger #2 ; Inverted forest ; Conversation with Salinger #3 ; Dead men in winter ; Still burning ; Victim and perpetrator ; Measuring up ; Conversation with Salinger #4 ; The origin of Esmé ; Is the kid in this book crazy? ; We can still run away ; Conversation with Salinger #5 ; Follow the bullet: Nine Stories ; Conversation with Salinger #6. -- Garhasthya = Householder Duties. His long dark night ; A terrible, terrible fall ; Conversation with Salinger #7 ; Conversation with Salinger #8. -- Vanaprasthya = Withdrawal From Society. Seymour's second suicide ; Conversation with Salinger #9 ; Dear Miss Maynard ; Dear Mr. Salinger ; Conversation with Salinger #10 ; Conversation with Salinger #11 ; Conversation with Salinger #12 ; Assassins. -- Sannyasa = Renunciation of the World. A private citizen ; A million miles away in his tower ; Jerome David Salinger: a conclusion ; Secrets. -- Fiction in chronological order of publication -- Lost stories, uncollected stories, and published letters -- The Glass family.