RIP JD Salinger...

blank · #1 29th January 2010, 01:14 AM

I suppose now is the right time to finally read Catcher in the Rye

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8486169.stm

Lo-Slung Denim · #2 29th January 2010, 01:16 AM

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I suppose now is the right time to finally read Catcher in the Rye

I wouldn't recommend it. If I did, it would be only for the sake of saying you read it.

I heard about his death on Radio 4 this morning and vultures were circling already to see if he'd been secretly writing all these years.

blank · #3 29th January 2010, 01:47 AM

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I wouldn't recommend it. If I did, it would be only for the sake of saying you read it.

I heard about his death on Radio 4 this morning and vultures were circling already to see if he'd been secretly writing all these years.

Apparently there are 15 manuscripts locked in a document vault in his house.

davew0071 · #4 29th January 2010, 02:13 AM

No wonder he didn't return my calls.

Stubby Boardman · #5 29th January 2010, 04:54 AM

Nice bit in The Onion.

Andrew Jackson's Hair · #6 29th January 2010, 05:03 AM

i suppose now is the right time to drank urine

Ramsey · #7 29th January 2010, 07:18 AM

I know lots of people find CITR prententious, silly and lots of other unflattering adjectives, but it is definitely one of my favorite books. I've gone through several copies and have read it numerous times. I am looking forward to seeing what will be published now.
As for whether it's time to drank urine, it's after 11 am here, so I think you're in the clear. Knock yourself out.

Edited to add, that Onion blurb is hilarious and a little bit true.

Wretched Creature · #8 29th January 2010, 07:54 AM

Funny, I would expect Salinger to be one of those people they find sitting in front of the TV covered with dust and cobwebs 6 months after his demise.

Stubby Boardman · #9 29th January 2010, 08:14 AM

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Funny, I would expect Salinger to be one of those people they find sitting in front of the TV covered with dust and cobwebs 6 months after his demise.

Ah, I bet he had a team of very well-trained servants who knew their place and kept their mouths shut. Just because you're a recluse doesn't mean you have to live like one of those people on Hoarders.

Jeff · #10 29th January 2010, 10:27 AM

He was 91 years old and recovering from a broken hip, I don't think he was left to his own devices all that much.

NAF1138 · #11 29th January 2010, 10:30 AM

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Ah, I bet he had a team of very well-trained servants who knew their place and kept their mouths shut. Just because you're a recluse doesn't mean you have to live like one of those people on Hoarders.

I went to college with a kid who was (or at least claimed to be) a relative of Salinger's. He said that JD wasn't near as crazy as people made him out to be, it's just that he didn't want any public attention. He still spoke to the family and had a life and all that, he was just very private.

Wretched Creature · #12 29th January 2010, 12:27 PM

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Ah, I bet he had a team of very well-trained servants who knew their place and kept their mouths shut. Just because you're a recluse doesn't mean you have to live like one of those people on Hoarders.

You don't? Shit

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Anybody need any old copies of--well, almost anything?

davew0071 · #13 29th January 2010, 02:10 PM

Yeah, you got any copies of Catcher in the Rye lying around?

Khampelf · #14 29th January 2010, 08:29 PM

For the last twenty years, it's made very little difference if he was alive or dead.

He was the recluse's recluse.

ETA - He never did thank Mark David Chapman for giving his royalties a shot in the arm.

Wretched Creature · #15 30th January 2010, 03:16 PM

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Yeah, you got any copies of Catcher in the Rye lying around?

Hah! No, sorry. I do have several years' worth of the Mother Earth News, though, and I'm sure you could find out how to grow some rye in which to put a catcher.

MissJeanLouise · #16 30th January 2010, 04:31 PM

I am actually a bit sad about this. I loved Catcher in the Rye but, IMO, it's not his finest book. I think I'd have to nominate Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters for that. That's one of my desert island books.