J.D. Salinger in Purgatory (Political Cartoon)

The San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | 01-29-2010 | Steve Breen

[wardaddy]

never knew JD was a homosexual pederast...he had a history of young women in his life

did I miss something...I could have admittedly

[Allegra]

Salinger had a huge effect on the architecture of the modern short story. They're very subtle and are can hinge on something as little as a single italized word.

"...the way she said small..."

(Going off of memory here...from Nine Stories. One of those bits that has always stuck with me.)

[Borges]

What are you talking about?

[Celtic Conservative]

As far as short stories go, Shirley Jackson's The Lottery still creeps me out

Seconded. The style of this story presages the sort of ironic twist ending favored by Ray Bradbury and Rod Serling.

CC

[Hot Tabasco]

I read it in high school and again at 29 years.

Try the actual book rather than the Cliffs Notes...... :)

[fieldmarshaldj]

No, no, no sexual stuff implied. I was talking about Salinger’s “purgatory” being jam-packed with teenage boys as Holden Caulfield wannabes haranguing him to the hilt.

[Borges]

That story has actually been criticized by conservatives for being a hit piece on a small town.

[wardaddy]

lol...ok...i was thinking oh no..not Salinger too as a caker with a taste for twinks

[Petronski]

...as a caker with a taste for twinks...

**lolz**