The author writes: The two long pieces in this book originally came out in The New Yorker ? Raise High THE Roof BEAM, Carpenters in 1955, SEYMOUR ? An Introduction in 1959.
It struck me that they had better be collected together, if not deliberately paired off, in something of a hurry, if I mean them to avoid unduly o.
Whatever their differences in mood or effect, they are both very much concerned with Seymour Glass, who is the main character in my still-uncompleted series about the Glass family.
The author writes: The two long pieces in this book originally came out in The New Yorker ? Raise High THE Roof BEAM, Carpenters in 1955, SEYMOUR ? An Introduction in 1959