Paul Alexander
Author
Publisher
Renaissance Books
Pub. Date
©1999
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"J. D. Salinger has taken every precaution to hide details of his private life. Now Salinger, A Biography tells the story of America's great literary recluse." "He was not always a mystery. In the 1940s and 1950s Salinger was a successful and prolific writer of American short fiction - the quintessential New Yorker writer. Then he withdrew to a cabin in New Hampshire where he practices Zen and has continued to write - but only for himself. Why is...