Catcher in the Rye, (Hardcover)

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This is the book that many many people love to love and as many people love to hate. There are two kinds of people who love the book. And two kinds of people who dislike it. Love? There are the 16-20 year old boys (or men that read it when they were 16-20); they think that just because they feel ...

from SqueakyChu

I won't tell you how many years it took for me to cave and finally read The Catcher in the Rye. I'm glad I did so. My first impression of the book was that the writing sounded contemporary rather than being over 50 years old. I can see that the language in the book might have been off-putting to ...

from Acrackedportrait

It is not always easy for an author to know exaclty what he wants to do with a book, and how he plans do what he wants to do. Salinger is bang on the mark, and then a bit more. The prose, crude and deriding, is ultimately the biggest champion of the book after the protagonist himself. The latter ...

from gypsysmom

When I first read this book I was pretty much the same age as Holden Caulfield but much less worldly than him so I thought he was sophisticated and cool. Reading it now, I just feel sorry for him. He never seems to have dealt with the death of his brother nor have his parents. He is obviously bec...

from woj2000

In my search for a foray into classic novels, I nicked my girlfriend's copy of The Catcher in the Rye, a book mentioned in American media as a slog that teenagers have to write reports on. It was charming and absorbing and I can immediately see why English teachers would seize upon it. Holden Cau...