This book is organized (or not-so-much) in a seemingly random, disjointed way. The author tries to tie it altogether in the end, but not well enough. It turns out this is not only a "true" story but one in which not even those in the story the one writing it knows for sure if the events are compl...
Paul Alexander, Salinger, a Biography So there I am, walking out of the library (where I am employed) and there on the special bargain discount discard rack, Paul Alexander’s bio. of J. D. Salinger. It was only a quarter, but I felt sleazy about it. This is a pretty inept little book, but it wa...
One night, Salinger saw Hamilton and his wife Yvonne. In their first face-to-face meeting, Salinger and Hamilton seemed to have an instant rapport. Salinger appeared to trust that Hamilton would publish his novel well in England—as much as he trusted any publisher. The onl...