Summary
J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" came out in 1951, so by the time I came along and was old enough to read it, there was something very familiar about it.
I don't mean the story of Holden Caulfield was ordinary, or that Salinger's writing was ever ordinary.See the full content of this document
Extract
My Long Love Affair with 'Catcher'
But by the early 1970s, rebellious, troubled teenagers like Holden were everywhere.
Salinger, who died last week at 91, invented them.Reading "The Catcher i...See the full content of this document
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