Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
***Spoiler in review (as well as poor spelling)*****This book is comprised of two short stories. The first about Seymour Glass' wedding day, as relayed by his brother, Buddy Glass. This story was classic Salinger.
The second story, a "introduction" of Seymour written by Buddy some 15 years after Seymour's suicide, was a labor to read. This story read more as a blog than a short story. Including lines saying that Buddy was going to bed and how and what he drank the night before. I did not enjoy this. However, it is my theory that Holden and the Glass family mimic the life of Salinger. With that understanding I read this story almost as a diary. Buddy's love of the "general reader" and distaste of the critic is parallel to Salinger's beliefs.
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