Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and Seymour, An Introduction

Name: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and Seymour, An Introduction
Author: J. D. Salinger

by J. D. Salinger · 1963

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Two semi-autobiographical novellas in Salinger’s Glass family series. Both stories are written in the stream-of-consciousness style with *Raise High the Roof Beam* narrated by Buddy Glass as he recalls the day of his brother Seymour’s wedding, which Seymour failed to show up for.

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