Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction Marina Lewycka From humble origins as a

From humble origins as a Cumbrian woodcutters son

Art dealer Oswald Ginn is sent a photograph of a 19th century masterpiece presumed destroyed in Dresden's bombing

Susan watches the creation of a barren world - an architecture of stone terraces above bleak and empty beaches - and waits to be rescued

'One of the most original debuts I have read' DAISY GOODWIN

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction Marina Lewycka From humble origins as aRaise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: an Introduction are two novellas narrated by Buddy Glass, a character often said to be a portrait of Salinger himself. In the first, Buddy has taken leave from the army during World War II to attend the wedding of the eldest Glass brother, Seymour, and an atmosphere of portentous suspense sets the scene for the tragedy that will follow. In the second, Buddy reminisces about Seymour and the novella