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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters and Seymour An Introduction
Author: J. D. Salinger
The last book-length work of fiction by J. D. Salinger published in his lifetime collects two novellas about "one of the liveliest, funniest, most fully realized families in all fiction" (New York Times). — These two novellas, set seventeen years apart, are both concerned with Seymour Glass -- the eldest son of J. D. Sa...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780316769518
ISBN-10: 0316769517
Publication Date: 5/1/1991
Pages: 224
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4 stars, based on 49 ratings
Publisher: Little, Brown
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction on + 4 more book reviews
While I enjoyed "Carpenters" very much, "Seymour" is very slow and seems out of place with the rest of the Glass family stories. Overall the book is definitely worth a read if you follow the Glass Family.
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More adventures from the Glass family.
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Not my favorite Salinger, but if you've read the others maybe you'll like this one too.
buzzby avatar reviewed Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction on + 6062 more book reviews
First published in 1955, this is two different stories, Raise High..., 90 pages long, and Seymour.


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