Catcher in the Rye

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Salinger's style creates an effect of conversation, it is as though Holden is speaking to you personally, as though you too have seen through the pretences of the American Dream and are growing up unable to see the point of living in, or contributing to, the society around you.

The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth and has influenced countless coming-of-age stories since.

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, it explores the world with disarming frankness and a warm, affecting charisma which has made this novel a universally loved classic of twentieth-century literature.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780140237504
Published: August 1994

Number of pages: 208
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd