"The Catcher in the Rye" is J . D. Salinger's world-famous novel
of disaffected youth. Holden Caulfield is a seventeen- year-old
dropout who has just ... Show synopsis "The Catcher in the Rye"
is J . D. Salinger's world-famous novel of disaffected youth.
Holden Caulfield is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just
been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through
the challenges of growing up, Holden dissects the 'phony'
aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster
whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his
roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection.
Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood behind, "The
Catcher in the Rye" explores the world with disarming frankness
and a warm, affecting charisma which has made this novel a
universally loved classic of twentieth-century literature. J. D.
Salinger was born in 1919 and died in January 2010. He grew up
in New York City, and wrote short stories from an early age, but
his breakthrough