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A review by tabman678
J. D. Salinger: The Last Interview and Other Conversations by J.D. Salinger
1.0
J.D Salinger the Last interview is not at all what I thought it was going to be. I thought J.D. Salinger had actually given some form of interview. I found no such thing.
Now just because my expectations were wrong does not result in my sustain for this. My distance is a result of what I got. What I got was incident after incident of a stalking and privacy invasion attempts and success’.
Now since I’m reading this I think it is clear I have a respect or curiosity for the author and his work, which I do. I am not quiet about the fact that I think Catcher in the Rye is a great, important, and astounding piece of fiction but it is also my favorite novel. So I have a passing interest and working knowledge of J.D. Salinger and respect lots of things about him.
So this was infuriating at times, interesting most of the time, and all around a bit curious.
Curious because that is where all the stories start, because someone was curious. Some start to question those around J.D Salinger. One woman responded to his fan letters because she worked for his publishers. And other essays all discussing Salinger.
It also has a courtroom hearing transcript in the middle and it takes up a lot about the book and it’s frankly uninteresting.
Now the most interesting thing about this book is that you get to see different writing styles in the form of personal essays, and that’s interesting. As well as the new little factoids I learned, which also resulted in me wanting a copy of Hapworth 16 1924. But this comes at a cost, because I understand Salinger’s desire for privacy. I don’t understand his need for it because I’m not as sought after as him, but I understand the desire because I like my privacy which is why I have only a Goodreads and a Twitter I don’t use.
For this book to exist is troubling because there is no interview which is granted, every single essay is an account of stalking or pining after someone who wanted to be left alone, and after reading it I myself feel dirty. Because he does have published work and I can refer to that instead of this, I’ll try that in the future.
All in all the existence of this is what I take issue with. The form is interesting at times even if the content makes me feel dirty.
I think in part this kind of thing would work better if it were a different author but with this author I find it lacking and vile.
1 star.
Now just because my expectations were wrong does not result in my sustain for this. My distance is a result of what I got. What I got was incident after incident of a stalking and privacy invasion attempts and success’.
Now since I’m reading this I think it is clear I have a respect or curiosity for the author and his work, which I do. I am not quiet about the fact that I think Catcher in the Rye is a great, important, and astounding piece of fiction but it is also my favorite novel. So I have a passing interest and working knowledge of J.D. Salinger and respect lots of things about him.
So this was infuriating at times, interesting most of the time, and all around a bit curious.
Curious because that is where all the stories start, because someone was curious. Some start to question those around J.D Salinger. One woman responded to his fan letters because she worked for his publishers. And other essays all discussing Salinger.
It also has a courtroom hearing transcript in the middle and it takes up a lot about the book and it’s frankly uninteresting.
Now the most interesting thing about this book is that you get to see different writing styles in the form of personal essays, and that’s interesting. As well as the new little factoids I learned, which also resulted in me wanting a copy of Hapworth 16 1924. But this comes at a cost, because I understand Salinger’s desire for privacy. I don’t understand his need for it because I’m not as sought after as him, but I understand the desire because I like my privacy which is why I have only a Goodreads and a Twitter I don’t use.
For this book to exist is troubling because there is no interview which is granted, every single essay is an account of stalking or pining after someone who wanted to be left alone, and after reading it I myself feel dirty. Because he does have published work and I can refer to that instead of this, I’ll try that in the future.
All in all the existence of this is what I take issue with. The form is interesting at times even if the content makes me feel dirty.
I think in part this kind of thing would work better if it were a different author but with this author I find it lacking and vile.
1 star.