I've got mixed feelings about this. There are (supposedly) a lot of works by Salinger that he didn't want released, and I wouldn't be upset if they got released so I could read them (to say nothing of his "underpublished" works getting published). From an academic standpoint, it might also be instructive to read unfinished works.
On the other hand, disrespecting the wishes of a dead man -- especially when you're taking control of his creative work and basically whoring it out -- is not cool.
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