Book Report #121 - Franny and Zooey

Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger

Brother and sister in a family of seven kids have decided that while they are the most beautiful they are also the most screwed up of the lot. They're both too philosophical for their own good. Franny has a meltdown while she's in college reading a couple books about a religious practice that's quite interesting, actually. Zooey is an actor still living with his parents who is sarcastic and laugh out loud funny. Let him go enough pages and he'll say something fantastic.

This reminded me of The Catcher in the Ryea lot:

• Took place in New York
• About young adults
• Misanthropic
• Full of streams of consciousness
• Same charming cursing
  
• Surprisingly optimistic at the end

I was surprised at how much Salinger wanted to discuss religious and spiritual beliefs. It was like he was bursting with it.

General consensus: Salinger must be a miserable guy.