Books : The Catcher In The Rye
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by: J. D. Salinger
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
EAN: 9780553104073
ISBN: 0553104071
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Pages: 214
Publication Date: 1976
Publisher: Bantam
Sales Rank: 47638
Studio: Bantam
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Rating: - FOR THE SELF-LOATHING ADOLESCENT IN ALL OF US!!!
I use this novel to try & save my TV/Playstation-addicted friends & get them to start exercising their imaginations a bit & it's worked on several occasions. Something about it speaks to the adolescent misfit in all of us. I dunno what it is but every time a whacked-out would-be assassin gets nailed & starts quoting this book, one realizes it's gonna be around for a long time. Read this, then read Bukowski's satirical response `Ham on Rye' if you've got the balls, that is. You ... Read More
Rating: - Rebel with Humor
I just reread this book after 30 years, and I found it even better than I remember. It's such a great window into the teenage mind, a boy on the cusp of childhood and adulthood, a study of contradictions: both silly and serious, irrational and clear-eyed, exaggerated and stone-cold sober, muddled and laser-sharp, intolerant and deeply sensitive, unpredictable and responsible, unbearable and immensely likable.
This is the story of Holden, a 16-year-old who flunks out of prep school after ... Read More
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