The Konformist Blog: J.D. Salinger, 'The Catcher in the Rye ...

Salinger published more than two dozen short stories and novellas, but none gained the critical acclaim of “The Catcher in the Rye.” The book remains in the top 10 of best-selling works of classic fiction on Amazon.com's Web site. Salinger's plan in the late 1990s to turn ... Two years later, the New Yorker published “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” in which World War II veteran Seymour Glass commits suicide in a Florida hotel room while his wife is asleep. Prolific Period ...