Sinister: franny and zooey

[Walkn10 at xxx.com]

I don't know about it being better than Catcher, but it is surely a 
worthwhile, enjoyable read.  Franny is quite interesting but not altogether a 
great story, but Zooey is fantastic.  They're not as immediately engaging and 
intimate as Catcher, so maybe you can't really compare them, plus they're 
written in the third person whereas I always felt Salinger worked best in 
first person.  
If you really want to read a great work of Salinger's, I always liked "Raise 
High the Roof Beam Carpenters," I thought that was almost on par with 
Catcher.  It was written alot like Catcher only without any smut and with a 
well-to-do army man as the protagonist rather than a disaffected teen.  It's 
the part of the Glass legacy dealing with Seymour's wedding, which I guess 
would place it as first in the series.
I hope this helps and I must say it quite enjoyable being able to finally 
discuss old J.D. with so many people as he has always been a fave.  I look 
forward to other people's interpretations of F&Z


Steve

PS- Isobel really digs F&Z for whatever thats worth.  She seems much smarter 
than I so maybe you should take her word for it.
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