NineStories (1953) is collection of short stories by American fiction writer J.
It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé with Love and Squalor." (NineStories is the U.S. title, and the book is published in many other countries as For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories.)
Singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb's band is named after this collection of stories.
Salinger vacillated for years between his desire to first publish a novel and his editor's urging that he first publish a collection of short stories.
Enraptured by this story, the children are thrown to the mercy of it's teller- the Chief -who fashions it to the whims of his doomed relationship with his vibrant summer-girlfriend.
The interaction between mother and son as Boo Boo coaxes Lionel from the dinghy is deep and symbolic, causing this story to shine.