If you want to know the truth about J.D. Salinger, good luck. To this day we know more about his fictional character Holden Caulfield than we do about the man who created him. In this hour of the Peabody-Award winning program To the Best of Our Knowledge, literary life after Salinger’s masterpiece. Also, the Salinger legacy in American culture, from the movie “Igby Goes Down” to the assassination of John Lennon. And writer Charles Baxter takes on childhood.
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August 02, 2024