{"product_id":"j-d-salinger-a-life","title":"J. D. Salinger: A Life","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eJ. D. Salinger: A Life\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKenneth Slawenski\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780812982596\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e464\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - The inspiration for the major motion picture \u003ci\u003eRebel in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, the author of the classic\u003ci\u003e Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eJ. D. Salinger\u003c\/i\u003e features this author's dramatic encounters with luminaries from Ernest Hemingway to Elia Kazan, his office intrigues with famous \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e editors and writers, and the stunning triumph of \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e, which would both make him world-famous and hasten his retreat into the hills of New Hampshire. \u003ci\u003eJ. D. Salinger\u003c\/i\u003e is this unique author's unforgettable story in full--one that no lover of literature can afford to miss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eJ. D. Salinger: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Startling . . . insightful . . . [a] terrific literary biography.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"It is unlikely that any author will do a better job than Mr. Slawenski capturing the glory of Salinger's life.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Slawenski fills in a great deal and connects the dots assiduously; it's unlikely that any future writer will uncover much more about Salinger than he has done.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Offers perhaps the best chance we have to get behind the myth and find the man.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Slawenski has] greatly fleshed out and pinned down an elusive story with precision and grace.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Chicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Earnest, sympathetic and perceptive . . . [Slawenski] does an evocative job of tracing the evolution of Salinger's work and thinking.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"J. D. Salinger: A Life | Kenneth Slawenski | Paperback | 9780812982596 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks E 1742593","offer_id":48180121272472,"sku":"1742593","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71TJgvrQ5jL.jpg?v=1772212150","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/j-d-salinger-a-life","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}