> Have always felt there are affinities but surely somebody out there has > looked into the Salinger-Nabokov connection more thoroughly. Yeah, I actually have quite a lot. Is this coming out in Greek for you, too? Just checking, cause it is for me. Anyway, take a look at the archives, I saw quite a few comparisons between Salinger and Nabokov - pre-eminently between the cahracter of John Shade in `Pale Fire' and Seymour/Raymond from `The Inverted Forest' Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 @ THE INVERTED FOREST http://www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest