[Borges]

How do you know he was an a-hole? His son claims he was a good guy and a great grandfather to his kids.

[Pharmboy]

A misanthrope who went from cult to cult (drank his own urine, Scientology, veganism, etc. etc.) seduced women 40 years younger than he, looked down his nose at everyone not as clever as he...yeah, sounds like a great guy.

Yet, I believe Catcher was the greatest American novel since Huck Finn. He was a dreadful person...brilliant but dreadful. Hey...I love Beethoven's piano sonatas and string quartets, but he was no day at the beach either.