Thor, I agree completely. I was really draggin' ass by the end of this book and I only read it once. I think the real question is "who wrote this story and put Salinger's name on it?" - Adam In a message dated 9/27/1999 6:05:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, my_colours@hotmail.com writes: << Not this time, Adam, but I am really pissed off that this Salinger guy is trying to pass this off as legitimate literature. A seven year old? Please! I know forty year olds that won't speak to their parents that way, and they have the capability. This little punk? You've got to be kidding. Completely, completely, completely out of the question. This is Salinger being a know-it-all-because-I-wrote-it-all, and using the vehicle (but not the voice) of a child to get his little agenda covered. How dishonest! Turning a child into Oscar Wilde! What a cretin. How unforgivable. And the fact that it's this load of offal that he wants to republish offends my as a reader and an intellectual. What an ego! Rant over. Waiting for response. Itchin' for a fight, Thor >>