In "Teaching Salinger's NINE STORIES," Brad McDuffie ... provides an examination of Salinger's "Nine Stories" that is forensically detailed and thought provoking. ... The book's greatest value may be in its ability to display the interaction between each separate story, revealing Salinger's "Nine Stories" to be a unified work of art. This achievement is long overdue and is an innovative and invaluable resource. - Kenneth Slawenski, author of "J. D. Salinger: A Life"

This study is the most thorough and close reading that we have on Salinger's "Nine Stories."" - James Finn Cotter,...