Salinger's reputation was secured with the publication in 1951 of his first book and only novel, The Catcher in the Rye. From then on, his famously limited literary output was devoted exclusively to short fiction. The lauded tales of Nine Stories and the longer stories and novellas, including Franny and Zooey and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, have only extended Salinger's standing as one of the most accomplished fiction writers of his time...