Another of his female characters laments her marriage to Lew and recalls her former boyfriend, who was killed while serving in the army in Japan by an exploding stove.
In one story by this author, a girl with a large watch expresses a belief that Americans despise tea to a figure later identified as "Staff Sergeant X." Another of his female characters laments her marriage to Lew and recalls her former boyfriend, who was killed while serving in the army in Japan by an exploding stove. Another of his characters discusses literature with nuns at Penn Station and reunites with (*) Sally Hayes after losing a fencing team's equipment and being expelled from Pencey Prep. His stories of the Glass family include Seymour's suicide in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," one of his Nine Stories, as well as the two-part novella Franny and Zooey. For 10 points, name this late, reclusive author who wrote of phony-hating Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye.
In one story by this author, a girl with a large watch expresses a belief that Americans despise tea to a figure later identified as "Staff Sergeant X."
Jerome David {Salinger}