Not much of salinger in the gill book, but it does give good background...I wish I could find out more about salinger's relationship with William Shawn--I think he made a significant impact on Salinger's fiction but can't support that thought with anything beyond my own reading "deductions." will On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, PODESTA,Lesley wrote: > I was reading the January 12, 1998 edition of New Yorker last night and > came across a tribute to Brendan Gill from Alison Rose in which she > refers to his book "Here at the New Yorker". I think that all the > bananafishers will enjoy it. > > "It's possible to stay all evening and hear about his glorious childhood > in Hartford, Yeats in old age, the New Yorker in the late forties - he's > in a state of ecstacy now - when editors with proofs of a new Salinger > story in their hands strolled down the corridor in a state of editorial > euphoria that has since become extinct." > > Aaah, euphoria...the thrill of a new offerring from one's favourite > writer. Any word on Hapworth?? > > Lesley P. >