It's just a book, for chrissakes

James J Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:19:06 -0400 (EDT) 

Proof that Malcs still thinks of us ;)

Jim

I just found this on the http://www.amazon.co.uk site and thought you'd
get a kick out of it. Under the reader reviews this guy gave it four
crowns out of five.

David Brett(david.brett@unicam.co.uk from Cambridge,UK , 21 October,
                       1998
                       It's just a book, for chrissakes.
                       The first thing you'll probably want me to say is
how great 'The Catcher in the
                       Rye' is, and how it changed my life, and all that
existential angst crap - but I don't
                       feel like saying that, if you want to know the
truth. It's just a book, for
                       chrissakes, about some lousy goddamn kid who goes
to New York for a few days.
                       If there's one thing I hate, it's phoney books.
Don't even mention that Holden
                       Caulfield guy to me. So he's a bit screwed up and
all. So what? And don't start
                       talking about the human condition, either - I'm
touchy as hell about that. We've all
                       gone through that madman stuff; I don't need some
goddamn crazy author telling
                       me how it feels. I know how itfeels. I swear to
God, if I ever saw that JD.Salinger
                       I'd go right up to him and tell him what a corny
book he's written. I'd really get a
                       bang out of that. You know, I'm the most terrific
liar you ever saw. If I read a
                       great book and somebody asks me if I liked it,
I'm liable to say I hated it. It's
                       awful. 'Catcher in the Rye' - a masterpiece of
American vernacular and all.

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Take care,

Malcolm Lawrence
Editor-in-Chief
Babel: The multilingual, multicultural online journal of arts and ideas.

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