I'm reading his daughter Margaret's: 'Dream Catcher: A Memoir' (published in 2001 when he was still alive). There's nothing like reading a family member's account to put you off a writer. I knew he was a recluse and all, but didn't know anything about him being a cultish, controlling, misogynistic nut-job with a penchant for teenage paramours.
Before he died, I was intrigued for 25 years about what his unpublished works were going to be like once they finally saw the page upon his death. I don't know what's happening with the reputed tranche of still unpublished works, but I'm no longer so arsed to find out. Given that he spent decades hiding in the woods from reality, what insights can he possibly offer into the human condition that weren't already expressed by Holden Caulfield?
Before he died, I was intrigued for 25 years about what his unpublished works were going to be like once they finally saw the page upon his death. I don't know what's happening with the reputed tranche of still unpublished works, but I'm no longer so arsed to find out. Given that he spent decades hiding in the woods from reality, what insights can he possibly offer into the human condition that weren't already expressed by Holden Caulfield?
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