Alexander, Paul, Salinger: A Biography, Renaissance Books, 1999.
This recent biography is based on newly released material from the Salinger archives; in it, Alexander explores the reasons for Salinger's withdrawal from the public eye and whether it was based on a sincere desire for privacy or an attempt to generate publicity.
Hamilton, Ian, In Search of J. D. Salinger, Random House, 1988.
Hamilton's controversial book is partly a biography and partly the story of Hamilton writing the biography: at the last minute, Salinger's lawyers challenged Random House's right to print Hamilton's book and eventually argued their case in.....
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