a salinger reading

Bernd Wahlbrinck (Bernd.Wahlbrinck@t-online.de)
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 21:02:59 +0100

tim wrote:
>According to a fascinating profile of the writer/editor William 
>Maxwell, in this week's New Yorker, there is this little blip:
>"As far as how other writers regarded his opinion, when J.D.Salinger 
>finished "Catcher in the Rye," he drove to the Maxwells' house inthe 
>country and in the course of an afternoon and evening read it to
them 
>on their porch."
>Ah, for a tape recorder at the right time....
>--tim o'connor

ah... i checked the new yorker online edition, but they don t have
anything about maxwell there.
didnt they say anything about the REACTION of that distinguished
audience?
Bernie