| The Catcher in the Rye |  | Author: J. D. Salinger
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 014023750X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780140237504
ASIN: 014023750X
Publication Date: August 4, 1994
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Product Description
Tells the story of a seventeen-year-old dropout who has been kicked out of his fourth school. This novel 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.
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Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical adolescent". Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his 16-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today and keeps this novel on banned book lists. It begins: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. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two haemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them. His constant wry observations about what he encounters, from teachers to phonies (the two of course are not mutually exclusive), capture the essence of the eternal teenage experience of alienation. --Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk Review
Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical adolescent". Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his 16-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today and keeps this novel on banned book lists. It begins: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. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two haemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them. His constant wry observations about what he encounters, from teachers to phonies (the two of course are not mutually exclusive), capture the essence of the eternal teenage experience of alienation. --Amazon.com
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 A fantastically cynical teenage opinion of life August 28, 2010
Diane Glover
Considering the reputation that Cathcher in the Rye has garnered, I felt obliged to read it, and I was certainly not disappointed.
With regards to the actual story, the book concerns one teenage boy during two hectic days, filled with what is essentially a highly condensed version of teenage life, albeit an unhappy one, capturing it superbly.
On the whole, the narrator is very cynical, hypocritical and downright miserable, however, it provides a great level of humour, and Salinger is incredibly intelligent with his use of language and the overall "feel" of the novel, as it flows perfectly.
In my opinion, this is a genuine must-read, and a timeless classic.
 The Catcher in the Rye August 26, 2010
Mrs. P. M. Edmunds
Fast, efficient service. Book not quite in condition described - much older and tattier but still readable, thank goodness !
 worst book ever read August 19, 2010
A. Warren (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I will never get those hours of my life back. I kept going, despite being so bored I wanted to die, my stamina fuelled by the reputation this book has. When I got to the end, I only confirmed what I had thought from the start, that it was simply boring ramblings about nothing. The writer basically wrote most stuff teenagers think, in a not so interesting way. I clearly missed the point :S
Over-rated. August 16, 2010
Sarah
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book seemed to me to be, well...pointless. There was no plot, no substance. I was bored the whole way through.
I wasn't a huge fan of the way is was written either. Too many "goddam's" and "sort of's". If this book does have hidden depth, its well hidden.
 The hype is greater than the novel. August 15, 2010
Stormbringer (Wolverhampton, U.K.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book out of curiosity, being associated with assassins when found to be on their bookshelves.
I wanted to see what, if anything, there was in the story that would drive somebody to such extremes. The FBI reputedly had this book flagged to identify possible killers.
If that is the case it is a complete over reaction to pure coincidence. It's just a story simply told about a teenager who is fed up with almost everything. It spans a few days in his life where things get no better, but he finds out in the end that he can be a better person in himself.
I didn't enjoy the story at all, but my motives for reading were probably not ideally suited to the novel. I was looking for something that does not exist.
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