problems that recluses face. how do you meet girls. sallinger would write letters to pretty women he saw in the news including this one woman he dated for a few years. elaine joyce was an actress on an 80s sitcom. >> she was a game show contestant. >> mr. merle in working as a grease monkey in modern day auto shop. we have this idea of sallinger being too pure for this world and going to new hampshire. he was watching mr. merle in and writing fan letters to the blond bill bow. >> that's what you do when you are a recluse. >> is it? >> i hope to become a recluse. i'm not there yet. the book is this would drive him crazy. a phony oral history of jd sallinger. back down to sea side heights