The Catcher in the Rye
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The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a lifelong love of books.
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caufield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days.
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Staff Pick
by Andrea
"Themes of angst and alienation, and a critique of superficiality in society" Holden has no direction in life, but he's then forced to face the real world along with all its imperfections. Although he might seem selfish, stubborn, and reckless, he holds a mirror to ourselves and the fear we face when we are forced to let go of our childhood. Great coming of age story for those who feel insignificant and inadequate.