An instant "New York Times "bestseller, this "explosive biography"
("People") of one of the most beloved and mysterious figures of the
twentieth century is "as close as we'll ever get to being inside
J.D. Salinger's head" ("Entertainment Weekly").
This "revealing" ("The" "New York Times") and "engrossing" ("The"
"Wall Street Journal") oral biography, "fascinating and unique"
("The Washington Post") and "an unmitigated success" ("USA TODAY"),
has redefined our understanding of one of the most mysterious
figures of the twentieth century.
In nine years of work on "Salinger," and especially in the years
since the author's death, David Shields and Shane Salerno
interviewed more than 200 people on five continents, many of whom
had previously refused to go on the record about their relationship
with Salinger. This oral biography offers direct eyewitness
accounts from Salinger's World War II brothers-in-arms, his family
members, his close friends, his lovers, his classmates, his
neighbors, his editors, his publishers, his "New Yorker"
colleagues, and people with whom he had relationships that were
secret even to his own family. Their intimate recollections are
supported by more that 175 photos (many never seen before),
diaries, legal records, and private documents that are woven
throughout; in addition, appearing here for the first time, are
Salinger's "lost letters"--ranging from the 1940s to 2008,
revealing his intimate views on love, literature, fame, religion,
war, and death, and providing a raw and revelatory self-portrait.
The result is "unprecedented" (Associated Press), "genuinely
valuable" ("Time"), and "strips away the sheen of Salinger's]
exceptionalism, trading in his genius for something much more real"
("Los Angeles Times"). According to the "Sunday Times" of London,
"Salinger" is "a stupendous work...I predict with the utmost
confidence that, after this, the world will not need another
Salinger biography."
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