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Review: J.D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski

About the Author

One of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, the author of the classic Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger eluded fans and journalists for most of his life. Now he is the subject of this definitive biography, which is filled with new information and revelations garnered from countless interviews, letters, and public records. Kenneth Slawenski explores Salinger’s privileged youth, long obscured by misrepresentation and rumor, revealing the brilliant, sarcastic, vulnerable son of a disapproving father and doting mother. Here too are accounts of Salinger’s first broken heart—after Eugene O’Neill’s daughter, Oona, left him—and the devastating World War II service that haunted him forever. J. D. Salinger features all the dazzle of this author’s early writing successes, his dramatic encounters with luminaries from Ernest Hemingway to Elia Kazan, his office intrigues with famous New Yorker editors and writers, and the stunning triumph of The Catcher in the Rye, which would both make

New biography claims more Salinger books will be released

The authors of a new J.D. Salinger biography are claiming they have cracked one of publishing's greatest mysteries: What "The Catcher in the Rye" novelist was working on during the last half century of his life.

Starting between 2015 and 2020, a series of posthumous Salinger releases are planned, according to "Salinger," co-written by David Shields and Shane Salerno and scheduled to be published Sept. 3. The Associated Press obtained an early copy. Salerno's documentary on the author opens Sept. 6. In January, it will air on PBS as an installment of "American Masters."

Providing by far the most detailed report of previously unreleased material, the book's authors cite "two independent and separate sources" who they say have "documented and verified" the information.

One of the Salinger books would center on "Catcher" protagonist Holden Caulfield and his family, including a revised version of an early, unpublished story "The Last and Best of the Peter Pans." Other volumes would draw on Salinger's World War II years an

Matt Salinger

American actor (born 1960)

Matt Salinger

Born

Matthew Douglas Salinger


(1960-02-13) February 13, 1960 (age 65)

Windsor, Vermont, U.S.

Alma materColumbia University
(B.A., Art History, 1983)
OccupationActor
Years activesince 1984
Spouse

Betsy Becker

(m. 1985)​
Children2
FatherJ. D. Salinger

Matthew Douglas Salinger (SAL-in-jər; born February 13, 1960) is an American actor. He is known for his appearances in the films Revenge of the Nerds and Captain America.

Early life

Salinger was born February 13, 1960, in Windsor, Vermont, the son of author J. D. Salinger and psychologist Alison Claire Douglas.[1][2] Salinger's maternal grandfather was British art critic Robert Langton Douglas.[3] He has a sister, Margaret Salinger.[4][5] His father was of paternal Lithuanian-Jewish descent.[6][7][8]

Salinger attended North Country School in Keene, New York for junior high school. Sa

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