For Esme - with Love and Squalor - And Other Stories

In honour of the centennial of the birth of J.D. Salinger in 1919, Penguin reissues all four of his books in beautiful commemorative hardback editions - with artwork and text based on the very first Salinger editions published in the 1950s and 1960s.

A collection of nine exceptional stories from one of the great American voices of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane and frequently affecting, For Esm- with Love and Squalor sits alongside Salinger''s very best work - a gem that will be passed down for many generations to come.

''The most perfectly balanced collection of stories I know'' Ann Patchett