RIP J.D. Salinger

[netmouse]

Though J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye was vastly more well known, and I did read it, my mother had Franny and Zooey on her bookshelf, so I read that also, and I just wanted to say that I found it much more touching and compelling than Catcher and I hope people still read it too.

As a teenager, I guess it was mostly the sense of connection to Franny as a person who found existence confusing and sometimes depressing, yet went on trying to understand. There's a family thing too. It's been a long time since I read it.

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[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

Catcher is by a long yard Salinger's worst major published work. "Franny and Zooey" is easily his best, and I'll take any of the Glass family stories over Catcher, any day of the week.