The Catcher in the Rye

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Author: JD Salinger
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
CATCHER IN THE RYE.jpg Synopsis

The classic coming of age tale of teenage cynicism, angst and rebellion. Two days in the life of Holden Caulfield as he rails against the system, adults and dumb people in general. A book driven by a superb characterisation rather than relying on plot to speed it along.


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  • Euan Hirst's story

    Catcher in the Rye changed my life. I expect that Holden Caulfield would be suitably unimpressed. When I first read this book at the age of 13 it felt like some small, dirty secret. This was a book fo...

  • Peter Hastie's story

    I was probably the perfect age, sixteen, when I was first introduced to Catcher In The Rye at the start of my Higher year at secondary school. Having only scraped a C in English at O Grade the year be...

  • Mark Coyne's story

    This story has become the stuff of teenage legend. I wanted to tell my experience of it because It has a fairly unique coming of age tale contained within itself. Let me preface this by saying tha...