As long as you don't make any 'yo mama's so fat...' jokes, I won't cry. I've got thick skin for eskimo name Atuk. ---"Sean Draine (Exchange)" <seandr@Exchange.Microsoft.com> wrote: > > > Jordie: > "I like fiction that can move people, as well as > inform, and A BOy in France did none of that for me. > There is definitely something missing from this piece when > compared to his other stories." > > I'll agree that it wasn't Salinger's most well-developed story. > I think Salinger get's it right the second time around in _For > Esme With Love and Squalor_, which was published in 9 Short > Stories (it's not in that set you downloaded). > > By the way, I've admittedly been a little harsh in this discussion. > It's just that I hate seeing any work of art unfairly panned (neat choice of words. I like that) > > -Sean > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com