Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2023-12-05
Books mentioned on The Life and Works of J.D. Salinger
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Chuck Bryant discussed For Esme-With Love and Squalor, and Other Stories by JD Salinger and For Esme - with Love and Squalor by J.D. Salinger. Josh Clark recommended MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE by Herman Melville, and discussed The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger, and Dream Catcher by Margaret A. Salinger.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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For Esme-With Love and Squalor, and Other Stories
Discussed“I read uh for Esme with love and squalor as recently as last night and that was it”
Where to get it
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For Esme - with Love and Squalor
Discussed“I read uh for Esme with love and squalor as recently as last night and that was it”
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye by J.
Discussed“catcher in the Ry was one that I I'm actually due because I would I was doing a thing where I was kind of rereading it every 10 years or so”
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Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short fiction by J.D.
Discussed“and then I read uh Nine Stories I read almost all of the glass family stuff”
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MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or, The Whale explores the obsessive, destructive quest of Captain Ahab to hunt down the white whale that maimed him, weaving a sprawling narrative that blends high-seas adventure, philosophical inquiry, and encyclopedic maritime lore.
Recommended“I'm about to do that with Moby Dick I've never read it and my buddy our our friend Joey carara... just read it just trust me and read it and I was like all right I'll read it”
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Dream Catcher
Discussed“piggy wrote a a book called dream catcher which you mentioned I think it came out in 2000”
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Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Catcher in the Rye
“he had uh the beginnings of Catcher And The Ry in his napsack he was working on that book already”
Passing The Catcher in the Rye
“uh 1949 and went to Westport Connecticut and he finished uh catcher in the Ry there”
Passing DON QUIXOTE
“don kote really which makes sense because it was sort of one of the first great novels”
Passing A Tale of Two Cities
“A Tail of 2 cities is next at 200 million”
Passing The Little Prince
“then Lord of the Rings The Little Prince and the Hobbit”
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“then Lord of the Rings The Little Prince and the Hobbit”
Passing The Hobbit
“then Lord of the Rings The Little Prince and the Hobbit”
Passing The Da Vinci Code
“The Da Vinci Cod is the number 10 bestselling Noel”
Passing The Catcher in the Rye
“can you imagine chuck how much those pages of Catcher And The Rye that were in his naps sa when storm Normandy would be worth”