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J.D. Salinger: An Appreciation
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The enigmatic American author, best known for The Catcher in the Rye, died at age 91. Jim Lehrer talks with experts about Salinger’s influence on American literature.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It really is not a book-just a comment on J.D. Salinger’s death in 2010. What’ there to say?