(B) Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger, 1953) Grade: B+The death of J.D. Salinger renewed my interest in his work, of which I have only read Catcher in the Rye, and that was years ago. I didn't know Salinger had only four published books; for some reason, I thought he had more. Well, perhaps his unpublished stories will one day be released to the public. Of the nine stories, my favorite was "For Esme--With Love and Squalor." It really depicted the affects of war on the main character.
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All his stories that were in the New Yorker are online. Just go to Wikipedia to get a complete list then do a google search, some website has all of them.
Nine Stories is great. Read Franny and Zooey. In Nine Stories I loved 'A Perfect Day For Bananafish' and 'Teddy'.
For Esme got a lot of acclaim.
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