Could’ve Been
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
From J.D.’s Wikipedia page:
In 1996 Salinger gave a small publisher, Orchises Press, permission to publish “Hapworth 16, 1924″ the previously uncollected novella. It was to be published that year, and listings for it appeared at Amazon.com and other book-sellers. After a flurry of articles and critical reviews of the story appeared in the press, the publication date was pushed back repeatedly before apparently being cancelled altogether. Amazon now lists that Orchises will publish the story in January 2009.
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I read that blurb this fall, and when I searched at Amazon.com, sure enough there was a listing for it. No cover work, price, or exact release date, but yes indeedy, it was there!
January is all but over now, the Amazon listing for the work is gone, and though I’m not stunned…I am for sure bummed.
