Re: Hello

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It could be an actual tattoo from more "vulgar" days as a soldier, or it
could be that S imagines it...will

On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Dan Mahanty wrote:

> 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
> 
> 

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