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Jan 1, 1919 — Jan 27, 2010· 91 yrs

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J. D. Salinger

Also known as: Jerome David Salinger, Salinger, J.D.

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Jerome David Salinger (January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine in 1940, before serving in World War II. In 1948, his critically acclaimed story A Perfect Day for Bananafish appeared in The New Yorker, which published much of his later work. The Catcher in the Rye was an immediate popular success; Salinger's depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence was influential, especially among adolescent readers. The novel was widely read and controversial, and its success led to public attention and scrutiny. Salinger became reclusive, publishing less frequently. He followed Catcher with a short story collection, Nine Stories (1953); Franny and Zooey (1961), a volume containing a novella and a short story; and a volume containing two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963). Salinger's last published work, the novella Hapworth 16, 1924, appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965. Source: [Wikipedia](

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There were ninety-seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they were monopolizing the long-distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon till almost two-thirty to get her call through.

— from Nine Stories

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Franny and Zooey

1961

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Meet Franny and her younger brother, Zooey, in two Salinger stories.

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The Catcher in the Rye

1945

3.6 (387)

Story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.

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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and Seymour, An Introduction

1963

3.9 (15)

Two semi-autobiographical novellas in Salinger’s Glass family series. Both stories are written in the stream-of-consciousness style with Raise High the Roof Beam narrated by Buddy Glass as he recalls the day of his brother Seymour’s wedding, which Seymour failed to show up for.

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