I suppose that reports of his death were greatly exaggerated–until today. It has been reported that J.D. Salinger has died at his home New Hampshire. He was 91 years old.
I loved the voice in The Catcher In the Rye. The book itself is a triumph of American literature. I also loved Salinger’s cameo appearance in W.P. Kinsella’s Shoeless Joe. Unlike the film Field of Dreams based upon Kinsella’s novel, the hermit "kidnapped" in the story was none other than J.D. Salinger.
Published by Jamie Todd Rubin
Jamie Todd Rubin writes fiction and nonfiction for a variety of publications including Analog, Clarkesworld, The Daily Beast, 99U, Daily Science Fiction, Lightspeed, InterGalactic Medicine Show, and several anthologies. He was featured in Lifehacker’s How I Work series. He has been blogging since 2005. By day, he manages software projects and occasionally writes code. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia with his wife and three children. Find him on Twitter at @jamietr.
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