Who was the greatest 20th century American writer, and why was it J.D. Salinger?

Who was the greatest 20th century American writer, and why was it J.D. Salinger?

I unironically think it's Fitzgerald. And I disliked Gatsby.

The reason it's J.D. Salinger is "A Perfect Day for Bananafish."

This story is god-tier.

>B.J. Salinger

That's not how you say Kurt Vonnegut though.

Yeah, but there are Cheever and Hemingway short stories on that level.
Actually, I prefer A Clean Well Lighted Place to that.

Salinger lol gtfooh.

Fuck off to another thread, casual.

What strange spelling of Jack London

>tfw unironically love london
Sucks that even his best works have huge swaths of filler stuff. The Sea Wolf has one of the best intros ever imo

Enjoy your whiny juvenile jew "fiction"

>jew

Yeah yeah yeah, let me know when you kike on a stick worshipping cucks stop bowing down to the inbred semitic snakes trying to destroy you and then we'll discuss deus vulting.

Is Veeky Forums really contrarian enough to shit on Fitzgerald?

Do you really have to ask that?

Just Gatsby. Tender is the Night was pristine

Deus vult

>not one mention of Faulkner

*blocks your path*

because you're a 17 year old faggot who thinks they're holden caulfield

>he's only read Catcher in the Meme

because he boned 18 yos

Why wouldn't you really if you could.

Either him, or Pynchon.

>why was it J.D. Salinger?

because every american highschool student is forced to read it. for many it will be the only novel they ever seriously read.

also, saul bellow ftw

"jesus is a trick on niggers" - flannery o'connor