11/21/97 Dear fellow Salinger readers, I suppose I am one of the newest members of this list, so I thought I would introduce myself. My name is Dan Mahanty, I currently attend George Mason University, and as I assume for many of you, my addiction to Salinger (and, more specifically, the Glass family)is a purely self-indulgent attempt to justify my typically 20-something neurotic and occasionally pretentious behavior. To begin with, I am intrigued with a passage in "Bananafish" which alludes to a tattoo Seymour hides from the general public. Would any of you know any more specific information, or of any other allusion in other works? (I swear, I've looked up and down "Franny and Zooey", but to no avail.) Looking forward to further correspondance, Dan Mahanty George Mason University