Prologue. "Yet there is method in't"
Introduction. Salinger's life as reflected in his fiction
ch. 2. "The inverted forest"
ch. 3. The catcher in the rye
ch. 6. "Raise high the roof beam, carpenters"
ch. 8. "Seymouran introduction"
ch. 9. "Hapworth 16, 1924"
ch. 10. The Glass family series
Conclusion. The persistence of Salinger's reputation
Epilogue. Salinger's non-sequiturs.
Appendix I. Index of Salinger's fictional characters
Appendix II. A Glass family chronology
Appendix III. Salinger's philosophy of composition.
