Camille, I enjoyed and supported your critique and think it does belong on this list...Holden and his suticase incident for one thing, make me think Salinger was likely to understand wealth as part of our culture's vulgarity, and I think you are smart to know that there's more to the marketplace than merit... Ever read "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens" by Alice Walker? Does anyone realize what art is lost to poverty...the next J.D. Salinger may be on welfare and caring for three kids before she's twenty. will