Sounds to me like mr. salinger is aware of himself and authors not always being the most delightful folks to slice a pie with...but I don't intend to listen to ms. maynard's "account" one sided account with sly knowing--my knowing comes from what mr. salinger's literature makes me feel and understand...guessing about a writer and how his personal habits may or may not correlate to things he or she has written may be fun and interesting (but I doubt I'll read anything by ms. maynard that tickles me like Esme`...;)will On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Scottie Bowman wrote: > > Joyce Maynard's account of her alleged affair with JD certainly > has the ring of truth - & I must say it did my heart good to read > it. How marvellous to think the great guru was actually a chilly > old obsessional less concerned with rarified Zen insights than > with the pizzas putrefying away inside him - all the while snarling > at the thought of all those idiot savants dissecting his characters. > > It restores the artist to his natural home. Down, down, down.. > .....where the iguanas play. > > Scottie B. >