I am in that living room – constantly on the verge of telling them both where to get off. The titular character is her brother, an agile young actor who chain-smokes cigars, punctuates every sentence with "goddam" and is constantly tormented by his other five siblings who are, variously, dead, teaching, running a household or living as a Carthusian monk.Īs Zooey battles with his mother's concerns over her ailing daughter and beards Franny about the true reason for her trauma, it's impossible not to get drawn into the verbal crossfire. Zooey, the second act of the drama, is played out in the family apartment in New York, where Franny has taken to the couch in distress. Indeed, as the scene marches towards its frantic climax Franny collapses under the mental strain. It seems that the book has triggered her torment. Reeling from the vitriol, Lane notices a small book in Franny's bag and, in quizzing her, provokes an outpouring of enthusiasm for this virtuous tale of pilgrimage and prayer.
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