Raise high the roof beam, carpenters ; and, Seymour

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour J. D. Salinger Two semi-autobiographical novellas in Salinger’s Glass family series. Both stories are written in the stream-of-consciousness style with Raise High the Roof Beam narrated by Buddy Glass as he recalls the day of his brother Seymour’s wedding, which Seymour failed to show up for.