This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise

"This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise" is a short story by J. D. Salinger published in Esquire in October 1945.[1] The story was published in the 1958 anthology The Armchair Esquire, edited by Arnold Gingrich and L. Rust Hills.

The story describes Vincent Caulfield's experience at a Georgia boot camp before embarking for the war. [2] He is upset because his brother Holden (as described in "Last Day of the Last Furlough") is missing in action, and is unable to accept the possibility Holden may be dead.[3]

In an episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, a virtual movie theater lobby, filled with other Salinger esoterica, displays a poster for a feature titled "May I have a Mayonnaise?".

References

  1. "Seventy-five Years of Storied History About Fiction!". esquire.com. Hearst Magazines. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008. I am inside the truck, too, sitting on the protection strap, trying to keep out of the crazy Georgia rain, waiting for the lieutenant from Special Services, waiting to get tough.
  2. Slawenski, Kenneth (25 January 2011). J. D. Salinger: A Life. New York: Random House. p. 129. ISBN 978-1400069514.
  3. Alexander, Paul (14 July 2000). Salinger: A Biography. New York: Renaissance Books. ISBN 978-1580631488.
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