also originally published in The New Yorker in 1959, four years after Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters. As the title suggests, the story represents an attempt by Buddy Glass to introduce the reader to his brother Seymour, who had committed suicide in 1948. The story is told in a stream of consciousness narrative as Buddy reminisces in his secluded home. This story, like others concerning the Glass family, touches upon Zen Buddhism, haiku, and the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. Further reading The Glass family stories also include Franny and Zooey, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, A Perfect Day for Bananafish and Down at the Dinghy, of which the last three are published in the collection Nine Stories. One further Glass family story, Hapworth 16, 1924, is unanthologized. References 1963 short story collections Short story collections by J. D. Salinger Little, Brown and Company books Works originally published in The New Yorker