{"product_id":"raise-high-the-roof-beam-carpenters-and-seymour-an-introduction-9780316766944","title":"Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe 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 (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThese two novellas, set seventeen years apart, are both concerned with Seymour Glass--the eldest son of J. D. Salinger's fictional Glass family--as recalled by his closest brother, Buddy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe was a great many things to a great many people while he lived, and virtually all things to his brothers and sisters in our somewhat outsized family. Surely he was all real things to us: our blue-striped unicorn, our double-lensed burning glass, our consultant genius, our portable conscience, our supercargo, and our one full poet...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-298156\"\u003eJ. D. Salinger\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.25w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316766944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316766941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJ. D. Salinger was born in New York City on January 1, 1919, and died in Cornish, New Hampshire, on January 27, 2010. His stories appeared in many magazines, most notably \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Between 1951 and 1963 he produced four book-length works of fiction: \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNine Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFranny and Zooey\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eRaise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour--An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e. The books have been embraced and celebrated throughout the world and have been credited with instilling in many a lifelong love of reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44485267063021,"sku":"9780316766944","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_78d7223c-59b2-4455-b52e-f3bb8e72e990.jpg?v=1700801166","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/raise-high-the-roof-beam-carpenters-and-seymour-an-introduction-9780316766944","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}