The hermit whose Catcher in the Rye was the Bible for generations of miserable, disaffected teenagers—especially boys— has died in his self-imposed New Hampshire isolation at the age of 91. Are we going to see another round of dirty-laundry airing from Joyce Maynard, who had an affair with the 53-year-old Salinger when she was an 18-year-old girl who looked a lot like a 12-year-old boy—and later wrote all about it? Just wondering.
Rachel Abrams
J.D. Salinger, R.I.P.
The hermit whose Catcher in the Rye was the Bible for generations of miserable, disaffected teenagers—especially boys—has died in his self-imposed New Hampshire isolation at the age of 91. Are we going to see another round of dirty-laundry airing from Joyce Maynard, who had an affair with the…
Rachel Abrams · January 28, 2010
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