hello
Joni Tyler (joni.tyler@inst.riba.org)
Mon, 06 Apr 1998 16:58:46 +0100
Hello Bananafish!
I was trawling through the book section of a charity shop here in London
last week on my lunch hour, where I came across the Armchair Esquire. 99
pence, and with the dust jacket still in good nick. Leafing through it
back at work, I was astounded to see a Salinger story I had never heard
of - This Sandwich has no Mayonnaise.
I called my husband up in a great flap, exclaiming that I had
"discovered" a lost Salinger story! I immediately decided to subscriber
to Bananafish to find out about my great discovery. As it turns out, the
story isn't lost - just unknown to me (and Iain Hamilton, evidently, cos
he doesn't mention it in his abortive biography.)
So that's why I'm here. A Salinger fan, but not all that knowledgeable.
I'm an American, living here with English husband for the last nearly
ten years. I work in the non profit sector, for the equivalent of the
AIA.
Recent favourite other writers in no particular order: Peter Ackroyd;
Zola; Kate Atkinson (Behind the Scenes at the Museum); Orwell (Down and
Out in Paris and London and The Road to Wigan Pier); Patrick Hamilton;
253 by Geoff Ryman; Irvine Welsh; Janice Galloway; Esther Freud;
Collette. Favourite novel of recent years: London Fields by Martin Amis.
Anyway, hello from London, and here's to many an interesting exchange.