Sorry about that last post, folks... A bit of a mix-up on my part. I'm new to this whole Internet thing... While I'm in the Salinger sort of mood, I just thought I'd drop in another thought. (Let me know when you all are sick of me, and I shall retire.) Reading Catcher and all of the Glass stories is wonderful and immersive, and they certainly appeal most to me as a human being... But as a writer, I think Salinger's best stories are the ones no one talks about, i.e. Uncle Wiggly and especially Just Before the War With the Eskimos--particularly the latter. Eskimos, I think, is the single most perfect short story I've ever read--in the same way that I believe To Kill a Mockingbird is the best novel I've read. (Don't tie your nooses, friends, please; Catcher is a VERY close second.) Salinger's craft as a writer is rarely discussed outside of the Glass stories, but if I'm not in the mood for painful humanity, the Glasses can frankly get on my Nerves. I realize that Uncle Wiggly is a Glass story by association (where we finally find out how Walt died), but really it's just a good story about suburban madness--no previous knowledge or further reading necessary. And Eskimos is brilliant. It's light, concise, realistic, and isolated. I don't know. I'm just pontificating at this point, really. But this is the first time I've been among those who love Salinger as much as I do. I'd be interested to hear what everyone thinks. B.McKennedy Free web-based email, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailexcite.com