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...know. And now, Maynard has tried to oblige. In At Home in the World (Picador; 352 pages; $25)--yes, it's another memoir--she lifts the veil on the devastating affair she had with J.D. Salinger when she was 18 and the reclusive author of Catcher in the Rye was 53. Maynard's recounting is full of all those key details sympathetic girlfriends require. He made her eat frozen Birds Eye peas for breakfast and then throw up; he seemed to get along best with very young girls; they couldn't even manage to have sex. Any spurned lover...
...nine-month affair with Salinger 26 years ago, when he was 53 and she was 18. In her book "At Home in the World," to be published by St. Martin's Press, she provides a look at the reclusive author of the iconic 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye," about the disillusioned young hero Holden Caulfield. Maynard says Salinger, who has not published a book since 1965, told her publishing is "just more of a damned interruption than I can tolerate anymore." But she says he wrote every day for hours, and by 1973 had completed at least...
2.The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger...
...reports filed by TIME journalists on their bus trip across the country were great [BACKBONE OF AMERICA, July 7]. I got a fresh glimpse of the U.S. Their stories of how other people live were a welcome change from the daily news. JONAS WEISS Rye Brook...
...rock solid. But now there are allegations about the FBI crime lab; President Clinton has several unresolved issues, including alleged improper White House visits and political contributions; House Speaker Newt Gingrich has admitted ethical violations. Where are the new leaders who will help restore our lost confidence? FRED STROM Rye Brook...