Anyone read any Salinger? I've yet to dive into his books, but after watching the documentary on him (titled 'Salinger') my interest in his works has grown. I always heard that 'Catcher In The Rye' was a masterpiece and often misunderstood (mostly by famous murderers, which caused Salinger to seclude himself and stop having his works published while he was alive).

His newly released books which deal with his time serving in the OSS (the precursor to the CIA) in World War 2 and shortly thereafter and also some other works about the Glass family which were very in depth works of fiction are intriguing. Salinger supposedly married a woman in Germany who was a former Nazi and then annulled the marriage. Salinger was set to marry a young Oona O'Neil after having courted her in the time prior to World War 2 and an ancient Charlie Chaplain stole her away while Salinger was fighting in Europe.....as if I needed anymore reason to think poorly of Chaplain, W.C Fields was 10 times the comedian that Chaplain claimed to be!



Also I wonder about Mark Twain's Autobiography....I am not sure I could get through that one in an entire lifetime. That is some very heavy lifting mentally to get through such a long 2 volume set.


Anyone check into those books?