Some years ago, I wrote to the novelist JD Salinger, telling
him that I proposed to write a study of his life and work'.
I pointed out to him that the few sketchy 'facts' about his
life that had been published were sometimes contradictory
and that perhaps the time had come to 'set the record
straight'. I assured him that I was a serious 'critic and
biographer', not at all to be confused with the fans and
magazine reporters who had been plaguing him for years.

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