Years after this character's death, his sister tries to explain her interest in The Way of the Pilgrim to Lane Couttell but ends up passing out.
In one work, a woman questions this character about sharing a piano bench with Sharon Lipschutz. In another work, he commands France and Maupassant to "have the rudimentary courtesy to kill yourselves or kindly burn your magnificent pens!"  This character threw a rock at an actress named Charlotte when they were both kids according to the Matron of Honor at his wedding to Muriel Fedder, which he does not attend. He demands he be sent works of Balzac and Cervantes in a letter to his parents from (*) camp entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924." Years after this character's death, his sister tries to explain her interest in The Way of the Pilgrim to Lane Couttell but ends up passing out. This contestant on It's a Wise Child makes a failed suicide attempt in "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" before fatally shooting himself in "A Perfect Day for Bannafish." The older broth of Franny and Zooey, for 10 points, name this J.D. Salinger character, the eldest of the Glass children.
In one work, a woman questions this character about sharing a piano bench with Sharon Lipschutz.
Seymour Glass [prompt Glass]