Salinger

[sal-in-jer]

noun

1. J(erome) D(avid), 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

Salinger

/ ˈsælɪndʒə /

noun

1. J ( erome ) D ( avid ) 1919–2010, US writer, noted particularly for his novel of adolescence The Catcher in the Rye (1951). His first novel for 34 years, Hapworth 16, 1924 was published in 1997

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Salinger returned home bearing scars more psychological than physical.

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His press secretary, Pierre Salinger, jumped on the phone and started waking up reporters.

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"The problem that people object to is that even if inflation is down, the prices are still higher and that's true but they're higher because of the natural working of market forces," Prof Salinger said.

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Salinger — any writer who can reflect us back to ourselves and help us discover who we are.

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Salinger alter ego Buddy Glass, the voice of several of the author’s short stories.

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