Hello

Dan Mahanty (dmahanty@osf1.gmu.edu)
Fri, 21 Nov 1997 20:09:47 -0500 (EST)

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