Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction, (Paperback)

from xtien

Part one, the roof beam, is kind of in the same style as the Catcher in the Rye. Well written, good, fun, emotional. The second part, "Seymour, an Introduction", is very different. It's like an int...

from labrick

I enjoyed "raise hit the roof beam, carpenters" because, to me, it felt like the classic Salinger narrative that's present in "Catcher in the Rye" and "Franny and Zooey". It seemed nostalgic, and I...

from DRFP

Salinger's prose is still excellent here but he mires Seymour: An Introduction in a mass of asides and irrelevant details. As a result the story is quite a slog to get through. S:AM felt very much ...

from erinjamieson

I loved Raised High a Roof beam, Carpenters. The characters were perfectly and poignantly illustrated. Every scene was perfectly described. This book does well to develop Buddy and Seymour's charac...

from pingdjip

Het eerste verhaal met veel plezier gelezen, maar het tweede vond ik belachelijk saai. In het eerste verhaal gaat Buddy naar de bruiloft van zijn broer Seymour, die zelf niet komt opdagen. In een t...