What makes you think Salinger is a pseudoscholar? I've only read Catcher, and quite recently, but I thought it was very good.
Rand fits right in though.

dfw, guy is such a try-hard little bitch, luckily bloom saw right through his shit

Catcher should be a mandatory read in high school.

Rand for sure.

>>7629189
Salinger wasn't trying to be a scholar, when you read some of his works, especially with Seymour Glass, it seems like he was trying to work out personal shit in his work which is what makes it resonate, he wasn't trying to be a household, as can be seen by how when he did become famous he tried to stay away from limelight.