Salinger and Pynchon (was: GR in SF Chronicle today)

[MalignD at aol.com]

<< The other thing is that he's mostly known for the *Catcher In The Rye" - 
but
 his other three books are very good too, in my opinion even better:
 These are the other three apart from the two GR's for the island.
 
 Nine Stories (1948-1953)
 Franny and Zooey (1955, 1957, 1961)
 Raise High The Roofbeam, Carpenters And Seymour An Introduction  (1955,
 1959) >>

Don't quite agree.  The stories were wonderful and wildly popular when they 
first appeared, but they haven't aged all that well; they seem now a little 
precious and mannered.  But still enjoyable. 

The Seymour An Introduction section of the last mentioned is the most 
godawful thing he ever published, all but unreadable.