Article: RUMORED BOOK BY SALINGER CALLED LITERARY STRIPTEASE.(Spotlight)

Byline: Lois Blinkhorn

Call it a case of literary peekaboo. The reclusive J.D. Salinger, whose 1951 classic, The Catcher in the Rye, enjoys an almost cult-like adoration to this day, stepped (only figuratively, mind you) out of the shadows for the first time in 32 years recently with the announcement that a new book was on its way.

Then, last week, the mystery deepened: Salinger's publisher said the project was on hold.

The book world is abuzz.

The maybe, maybe-not project is not exactly a new work, but an old magazine story in new book packaging.

Still, the astounding thing is that Jerome David Salinger - he of the biggest ...

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