In 1965 Seitzman published a paper describing Franny's breakdown. The current article takes up her therapy as performed by her brother, Zooey. His first attempts, crude and critical, increase the severity of her depression. He then telephones her, posing as the more prestigious brother, Buddy, and treats her sympathetically. Franny discovers the imposture but is not angry, and the therapy proceeds until she achieves a sense of joyful well-being and falls into a peaceful

sleep. Inferences are drawn concerning aggression, narcissism, ego ideal, fusion with mother, Zen Buddhism, and differences between analysis and psychotherapy. While many incisive points are made, controversial statements appear without justification, giving the article an uneven character. For this reason, and perhaps because Zooey has the character of a clinical case report, this effort of Seitzman is less successful than his 1965 paper.