Subject: Vetting lovers
From: Brian Fenton (fentonb@mathds1.maths.ul.ie)
Date: Wed May 28 1997 - 14:52:08 GMT
>> his work. I know it might be a bit trite to say this but Catcher in the
>> Rye (as of now) is without a doubt my favorite work by Salinger. To be
>> completely honest I use it as a test whenever I meet a guy whom I might
>> be interested in dating. If he has read Catcher and doesn't like it then
>> he's gone without a second thought.
>
>This reminds me of what Ian Hamilton said in his failed biography of
>Salinger. Didn't he use Catcher to test out potential girlfriends as well?
>Actually, I think that CITR is a pretty good "screening process" in that
>sense, although I wonder what Salinger would think of that.
Wow! What a nice problem to have! To have the luxury of "screening"
potential girlfriends. My choice is so limited I'm lucky if they read!
"Hey, is that a book under your arm?.... with NO pictures in it?!...
... will you marry me?..."
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