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Blurb: “NINE STORIES
- A PERFECT DAY FOR BANANAFISH
- UNCLE WIGGILY IN CONNECTICUT
- JUST BEFORE THE WAR WITH THE ESKIMOS
- THE LAUGHING MAN
- DOWN AT THE DINGHY
- FOR ESME-WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR
- PRETTY MOUTH AND GREEN MY EYES
- DE DAUMIER-SMITH'S BLUE PERIOD • TEDDY
"Mr. J. D. Salinger has a most extraordinary talent. one of the most distinguished writers of the contemporary generation."
-San Francisco Chronicle
J. D. SALINGER was born in New York City in 1919, attended public schools, a military academy and three colleges. From 1942 to 1946, he served in the Army. He has been writing stories since he was fifteen and his short stories have appeared in many magazines. His first novel, The Catcher In The Rye, was a literary sensation. Nine Stories was originally published by Little, Brown & Co.”