The Catcher in the Rye

Salinger's eternal masterpiece, "The Catcher in the Rye," is one of my favorite books.I quite enjoy reading philosophy, ...
nytimes.com

Holden Caulfield, the Ultimate Adolescent, Is Turning 75

Sure, “Catcher in the Rye” has its detractors. But the influence of its wised-up yet winningly innocent hero keeps it among the Great American Novels. J.D. Salinger’s novel has sold some 80 million ...

[Is there a Catcher in the Rye?] Salinger, who failed at 16, and the memories of Ghost in the Shell

At first, it was for the sake of competing with a friend.To compete over who could read more books, I borrowed every book I ...
The Guardian

‘I felt Holden was talking to me alone’: The Catcher in the Rye at 75

JD Salinger’s wry, subversive classic inspired novelist Joseph O’Connor to be a writer. He reflects on why this story of a disaffected teenager remains as fresh and transgressive as ever In 1981, when ...
The Michigan Daily

A college senior’s reflections on ‘The Catcher in the Rye’

There are two kinds of reactions I’ve gotten when I tell people I’m reading “The Catcher in the Rye.” The first is a total non-reaction, where they have no idea what I’m talking about — evidently ...