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With Love and Squalor: 13 Writers Respond to the Work of J.D. Salinger by Thomas Beller, Kip Kotzen
floralfox's review against another edition
4.0
I've loved Salinger since I read The Catcher in the Rye and A Perfect Day for Bananafish and did an assignment where I rewrote the latter in the first person. Salinger's characters are very much alive for me. Their voices are so vivid, so when I stumbled upon this book at my used bookstore I decided to try it even though I don't usually read much outside the realms of fiction.
I'm glad I did. I really enjoyed it. It was light and easy reading, but still thoughtful. Of course, some of the chapters were more interesting than others (I especially liked the one about the girl that went on a date and the one about the woman who wanted to write the female Catcher in the Rye) but overall it was never too dull for too long. I really enjoyed the writing style of most of the writers who contributed even though I'd never heard of any of them before. I'd like to check out some of their work now.
I appreciated that even though I loved Salinger they included responses from some writers who were less than thrilled with Salinger's work.
I'm glad I did. I really enjoyed it. It was light and easy reading, but still thoughtful. Of course, some of the chapters were more interesting than others (I especially liked the one about the girl that went on a date and the one about the woman who wanted to write the female Catcher in the Rye) but overall it was never too dull for too long. I really enjoyed the writing style of most of the writers who contributed even though I'd never heard of any of them before. I'd like to check out some of their work now.
I appreciated that even though I loved Salinger they included responses from some writers who were less than thrilled with Salinger's work.
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