# For Esmé - with Love and Squalor

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- Authors: [J.D. Salinger](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-d-salinger)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4195-045-6
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2019-05-23
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An American soldier has a strange encounter with an orphaned English teenager the night before he leaves for war. A four-year-old boy runs away from home in a dinghy. A missionary's child is kidnapped by Chinese bandits. A honeymoon in Florida goes awry with tragic consequences. Including the first stories to feature J. D. Salinger's beloved Glass family characters, this brilliantly varied collection offers a vivid introduction to the work of one of the most admired and widely read American novelists of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane and frequently affecting, For Esmé - with Love and Squalor is a gem to be passed down for many generations to come.