Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Salinger's Revenge

Maybe his writing is all about self exposure -- and the possibilities of many selves informing the character Seymour, but we won't know until after his death, and maybe not even then.  Salinger will turn 90 this week, an event the New York Times is commemorating.

Charles McGrath, "Still Paging Mr. Salinger," New York Times (December 30, 2008).

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