Prologue. "Yet there is method in't"
Introduction. Salinger's life as reflected in his fiction
ch. 1. The early stories
ch. 2. "The inverted forest"
ch. 3. The catcher in the rye
ch. 4. Nine stories
ch. 5. "Franny"
ch. 6. "Raise high the roof beam, carpenters"
ch. 7. "Zooey"
ch. 8. "Seymour
an introduction"
ch. 9. "Hapworth 16, 1924"
ch. 10. The Glass family series
Conclusion. The persistence of Salinger's reputation
Epilogue. Salinger's non-sequiturs.