J. D. Salinger : a life
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x, 450 pages : ill. ; 25 cm.
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"Originally published in the United Kingdom as 'J.D. Salinger: a life raised high', by Pomona Books, West Yorkshire, England, in 2010"--T.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-434) and index.
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One of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, J.D. Salinger eluded fans and journalists for most of his life. Now comes a new biography. Filled with new information and revelations, garnered from countless interviews, letters, and public records, this work presents his extraordinary life that spanned nearly the entire twentieth century. The author explores Salinger's privileged youth, long obscured by misrepresentation and rumor, revealing the brilliant, sarcastic, vulnerable son of a disapproving father and doting mother and his entrance into a social world where Gloria Vanderbilt dismissively referred to him as a Jewish boy from New York. Here too are accounts of Salinger's first broken heart (Eugene O'Neill's daughter, Oona, left him for the much older Charlie Chaplin) and the devastating World War II service of which he never spoke and which haunted him forever. This work features all the dazzle of his early writing successes, his dramatic encounters with luminaries from Ernest Hemingway to Laurence Olivier to Elia Kazan, his surprising office intrigues with famous New Yorker editors and writers, and the stunning triumph of The Catcher in the Rye, which would both make him world famous and hasten his retreat into the hills of New Hampshire. Whether it is revealing the facts of his hasty, short lived first marriage or his lifelong commitment to Eastern religion, which would dictate his attitudes toward sex, nutrition, solitude, and creativity, this biography is Salinger's unforgettable story in full.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Slawenski, K. (2010). J. D. Salinger: a life (1st U.S. ed.). Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Slawenski, Kenneth. 2010. J. D. Salinger: A Life. Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Slawenski, Kenneth. J. D. Salinger: A Life Random House, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Slawenski, Kenneth. J. D. Salinger: A Life 1st U.S. ed., Random House, 2010.

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