Ya can't hear him, ya know. I mean nobody can hear him, ya know.
Just the other day I was shellin' beans–right at this here table–and
I almost stepped on his hand. He was sittin' right under the table.
J.D. Salinger
Down At The Dinghy
Lionel Tannenbaum, the four-year-old nephew of Franny and Zooey Glass, is the main character
of this story. The bean-shelling servant quoted above doesn't always speak in cute slang.
Sometimes, her slang can sting. That is why the master of the house, Boo Boo Tannenbaum–
nee Glass–must come to the rescue, down at the dinghy.
Three of J. D. Salinger's NINE STORIES feature siblings of the Glass family.
A Perfect Day for Bananafish is about the exit strategy of Seymour Glass.
In Uncle Wiggily In Connecticut, a woman yearns for a dead soldier named Walt Glass.
But his sister–Boo Boo–is alive & well, despite being a chain smoker and the mother
of a four-year old boy who has spent half his life running away from home.
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Footnote
The last of the NINE SALINGER PAGES is here.
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