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## Amazon.com Review __Salinger: A Life__ avoids such scandalmongering in order to deliver a sensitive (but not fawning) portrait of Salinger the writer. Slawenski looks not only at Salinger's most famous works, but also finds a wealth of psychological insights in places like rejection letters and biographical statements. Not surprisingly, Salinger's life, and especially his service in World War II, provided much of the raw material for his stories. But Slawenski does much more than compare Salinger's biography to his literary output: he also shows how compromises, conflicts, and editorial intrigues shaped Salinger's works, even when he was at the peak of his career. The book has much less to say about Salinger's post-1960 retirement and self-seclusion, apart from the author's occasional foray into the public eye by way of a rare interview or court case. But Slawenski does this for good reason: __Salinger: A Life__ seeks only to explain Salinger as most of us knew him, through his writing. As a result, both die-hard fans and those who last picked up __--Darryl Campbell__ --- **A Look Inside __J.D. Salinger: A Life__** © PS 166 Until he was thirteen, Sonny attended public school on

Who reads J. D. Salinger: A Life Raised High?

Author

Slawenski, Kenneth

Publisher

Random House, Incorporated

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400069514

Category

biography

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.72 / 5 (879 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13