FREE: J. D. SALINGER(author of The Catcher in the Rye)***A LIFE*** by KENNETH SLAWENSKI

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JD Salinger, A Life by the American writer Kenneth Slawenski is a world-renowned expert on Salinger - He has devoted the last seven years to researching and writing the book. Until now, little has been known of Salinger. Slawenski, finally, provides a detailed but highly readable account of the famously reclusive (his last interview was nearly 30 years ago) author. He conducted over 60 interviews and trawled libraries for letters, birth certificates, marriage licences and work records. The result is a definitive biography, looking both at Salinger's work in forensic detail, but also his family background and personal life.

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. After nearly a decade™s research this exemplary biography will be released on the first anniversary of J.D. Salinger™s death. It™s a highly informative effort to assess the arc of Salinger™s career, the themes of his fiction, and his influence on 20th-century American literature. Slawenski emphasizes that Salinger™s wartime experience, from D-Day to the liberation of Dachau, œwas the traumatic turning point in his life, The celebrity surrounding the publication of Catcher in the Rye in 1951 activated the split between his striving for asceticism and the demands of the outside world. Slawenski™s assiduous research allows him to identify and assess many obscure and unpublished stories. In total, an invaluable work that sheds fascinating light on the willfully elusive author.
Brand New...Softcover-450 pages

Salinger's Catcher in the Rye has sold more than 65 million copies and, today, still sells 250,000 a year.

Jerome David Salinger
January 1, 1919 - January 27, 2010