Tales from the Nuthouse: Lest You Think I have a Really Suck Job

Trilby · 07-14-2008, 12:04 PM

I thought I hated Catcher when I first read it (I was far too young to read it) and then, when I was old enough to read it, it just sounded dated. THEN I read Frannie and Zooey and loved that....then I read Raise High the roof beams and threw the book across the room by page four. Whaddya gonna do?

I like Esther Greenwood as a Catcher type person---but she's dated as hell, too. At least she goes really crazy, though. I always got the feeling Holden was laughing at me as a reader....but, that's just me and my cocaine induced paranoia talking.

07-14-2008, 12:04 PM	#11
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I thought I hated Catcher when I first read it (I was far too young to read it) and then, when I was old enough to read it, it just sounded dated. THEN I read Frannie and Zooey and loved that....then I read Raise High the roof beams and threw the book across the room by page four. Whaddya gonna do? I like Esther Greenwood as a Catcher type person---but she's dated as hell, too. At least she goes really crazy, though. I always got the feeling Holden was laughing at me as a reader....but, that's just me and my cocaine induced paranoia talking. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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