If there is an amateur reader still left in the world

J. D. Salinger
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If there is an amateur reader still left in the world - or anybody who just reads and runs - I ask him or her, with untellable affection and gratitude, to split the dedication of this book four ways with my wife and children. ✨ Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. Book by J. D. Salinger, 1963.
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