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The Catcher in the Rye |  | Author: J. D. Salinger
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $8.99 ($~10.44 AUD)
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Rating:  3011 reviews
Sales Rank: 154
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0316769177
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316769174
Publication Date: January 30, 2001
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Amazon.com 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 sixteen-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 hemorrhages 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.
Product Description
Ever since it was first published in 1951, this novel has been the coming-of-age story against which all others are judged. Read and cherished by generations, the story of Holden Caulfield is truly one of America's literary treasures.
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 AS USUAL YOU CAN COUNT ON AMAZON September 6, 2010
Callista McCaig
The book arrived quickly and of course it was in great condition. I am 67 and I can't believe I still think I am Holden.
 so-so September 5, 2010
bobbyr
I know this book is a classic -- that's why I wanted to read it. It's very easy to read, but I did not get much enjoyment out of it. I understand Caulden has angst, but that's all the book was about?
Great book in great format September 1, 2010
getsby
There is no need to review the literacy work, I guess, but I was delighted of the book format itself.
While ordering I haven't noticed that it is not a regular format and really like it. It is small, really suits for carrying around and is very good for personal gift, which was the purpose of purchase.
I like also hard covers and recycled-like paper.
 Not worth it's iconic status. August 24, 2010
A. Acevedo
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was the selection for my book club, and it was chosen since it is considered a classic. I'm sure at the time it was a masterpiece, and it feels very authentic, but it doesn't really strike me as timeless. The general view of the club was no one really liked it. I'm glad I read it, since I at least now know, but I would not recommend it nor reread it.
Should have read it in high school August 23, 2010
Candid Reader
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So...I know this is a supposed classic and it sooo great and blah blah blah pffft. But, I did not like it. I don't know if it's because I didn't read it in high school like everyone else but read it later in life when I just wanted this whiny spoiled rich kid to shutttt upppppp. I also didn't care for the writing style - some may call it simple prose, I call it crap that my cat could write (and probably would. My cat has a similar sense of entitlement to that of Holden Caulfiend - oops, I mean Caulfield) Now, I try not to let this influence my opinion of J.D. salinger's other celebrated work as I have not yet read anything else by him and I hear Frannie and Zooey is amazing. So, yeah, there you have it. Didn't like Catcher in the Rye, so sue me.
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