yes, it was thurber's book that salinger thought he should defend ross from.
according to hamilton. salinger sniffs at thurber as he does the yale
university chaplain. but he digs E. B. White.
>>> rbowman@indigo.ie 11/06/03 11:08AM >>>
Do I detect a certain sniffiness about Thurber & his book
'The Years with Ross'? My memory is of a most marvellous
& affectionate tribute from an undoubted comic genius to one
who did, indeed, sound like a 'good, quick, intuitive, child-like
man.' And I hope Salinger's unpublished 30 page defence
was in response to something other than the Thurber book.
Otherwise, I shall be reminded of Ernie's threat - when promised
that sprinkling the minced remains of Thomas Stearns Eliot over
Conrad's grave would ensure the resurrection of the great Pole.
'I'm leaving for Cornish tonight,' I'd be inclined to say, in emulation
of my Master, 'with my trusty grinder.'
Scottie B.
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