Re: Driving the bandwagon
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Sat, 03 Oct 1998 09:29:08 -0600 (MDT)
My review of _At Home in the World_ is coming out tomorrow and it's pretty
negative but I too think JM had a right to write the book--it's just not
very good, though it does offer some Salinger info that is apopos...for
example, JM describes a scene with champagne that harkens back to the
ending of "A girl I knew," and getting a sense of Mr. Salinger's
eccentricity was colorful...I guess I enjoyed news of the author even
though I knew it was hurtful to him...probably what i enjoyed most was
JM's inclusion of Salinger telling her how she writes gossip and nothing
of importance...I think JM is a phony with a fine hustle going and she's
milking it for all it's worth and I can't deny that I've been enjoying the
process...but at the same time I'm teaching a seminar where students are
mostly in Salinger texts and believe me, that's where the real fun
is...will