For Esmé - with Love and Squalor

An extract from A Perfect Day for Bananafish, the first story from the collection of nine exceptional short stories from J. D. Salinger. 'She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing. She looked as if her phone had been ringing continually ever since she had reached puberty.'

Most of us have heard of The Catcher in the Rye, but did you know J. D. Salinger only had four books published in his lifetime? For those who loved Catcher and want more, or for those who haven't yet picked up one of his books, find your essential Salinger read below in celebration of his 100th anniversary.

Most of us have read or heard of The Catcher in the Rye, but did you know J.D. Salinger only published four books in his lifetime? For those who loved Catcher and want more, or for those who have never picked up a Salinger, take our quiz to see which book you should read in celeberation of this 100th anniversary.