JD Salinger's Letters Reveal Concerns Over Ethnic Representation

Newly released letters from JD Salinger reveal his concerns about how he and his novel, The Catcher in the Rye, were presented. He requested the removal of references to his 'Jewish-Irishness' from the book jacket, expressing wariness over 'second-rate reviewers' interpreting his work through an ethnic or religious lens.

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