Re: Salinger and the Beats

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I think I had a Salinger connection again today with the beats. The
professor in class today said that Kerouac had a brother that died at an
early age. I might be wrong because it was late in the class and my
attention span is about as broad as a nat but I believe that is what he
said. He also said that Kerouac always felt like he never lived up to
the brother who for the time he was alive was much brighter and more
intelligent than Jack. Maybe I got this all wrong but it is so much like
Holden. This plus regular boredom must have made him think he was crazy
just like Holden.

I just can't stop myself from making connections to Salinger.
Suerte

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