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From the moment J. D. Salinger published The Catcher in the Rye in 1951, he was stalked by besotted fans, would-be biographers, and pushy journalists. In this collection of rare and revealing encounters with the elusive literary giant, Salinger discusses—sometimes willingly, sometimes grudgingly—what that onslaught was like, the autobiographical origins of his art, and his advice to writers. Including his final, surprising interview, and with an insightful introduction by New York Times journalist David Streitfeld, these enlightening, provocative, and even amusing conversations reveal a writer fiercely resistant to the spotlight but powerless to escape its glare.
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“They aren't really all interviews. Since Salinger was famously a recluse, most of the "interviews" are tidbits of conversations [partly creepy] people have had with him over the years, in which he is majorly reiterating just to leave him alone. Despite knowing this, people had been traveling far and wide to his last known locations, taking on unsanctioned missions hoping that he would talk to them of all people. If those were uncomfortable to read, most of all was the eponymous "Last Interview" - again, not really an interview - but worse, a deposition. A deposition in which he sues an unapproved biography of him. Second-hand embarrassment isn't phrase enough to describe that section.
However, this particular book is simply a collection of these stories, which is interesting inasmuch as they provide a wide-ranging lens to who Salinger was as a person, and how his writing had far-reaching effects on the lives of those who followed his work when he was alive.”
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About J. D. Salinger
J.D. Salinger (b. 1919, New York, NY; d. 2010, Cornish, NH) was one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. His landmark novel The Catcher in the Rye is widely established as a defining novel of post-World War II America. He is also the author of the collections Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey, and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. Though he continued to write up until his death in 2010, Salinger was fiercely reclusive and stopped publishing his work in 1965.
Editor David Streitfeld is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who writes for The New York Times. He was the editor of Gabriel Gárcia Márquez: The Last Interview and Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview.
Editor David Streitfeld is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who writes for The New York Times. He was the editor of Gabriel Gárcia Márquez: The Last Interview and Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview.
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