Review of 'J. D. Salinger : The Last Interview' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
There are only a few conversations post-Catcher with Salinger, before 1951 he seemed sort of normal. Most of these articles have been read. Each of the authors goes to interview Salinger, who wasn't impossible to find, but didn't give much out. The experience described reminded me eerily of the Ballad of Thin Man:
"You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak
And says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?"
And you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a bone."
I took these interviews by Mr. Jones with a grain salt. I am going back to re-read his four official books - Catcher in The Rye, Franny & Zooey, Nine Stories, and Raise High The Roof-beam / Seymour an Introduction. Like Bob said everything is in my music.