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The Catcher in the Rye Paperback – 30 January 2001

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The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a lifelong love of books.
"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."
The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caufield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days.

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ASIN : 0316769177
Publisher : Little, Brown and Company; Reissue edition (30 January 2001)
Language : English
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780316769174
ISBN-13 : 978-0316769174
Dimensions : 13.21 x 1.78 x 20.32 cm

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"A contemporary master--a genius...Here was a man who used language as if it were pure energy beautifully controlled, and who knew exactly what he was doing in every silence as well as in every word."--Richard Yates, New York Times Book Review

"In Mr. Salinger we have a fresh voice. One can actually hear it speaking, and what is has to say is uncannily true, perceptive, and compassionate."--Clifton Fadiman, Book-of-the-Month Club News

"Salinger's work meant a lot to me when I was a young person and his writing still sings now."--Dave Eggers

"We read The Catcher in the Rye and feel like the book understands us in deep and improbable ways."--John Green

About the Author

J. D. Salinger was born in New York City on January 1, 1919, and died in Cornish, New Hampshire, on January 27, 2010. His stories appeared in many magazines, most notably The New Yorker. Between 1951 and 1963 he produced four book-length works of fiction: The Catcher in the Rye; Nine Stories; Franny and Zooey; and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour--An Introduction. The books have been embraced and celebrated throughout the world and have been credited with instilling in many a lifelong love of reading.

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Danielle Jones

Extreamly awful print

Reviewed in Australia on 15 October 2019

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Back of the book will give a glimpse into the quality of this print, spelling mistakes and sentences which makes no sense. The print is wonky on pages and varied sized throughout. Insane that this was $21 as it's flimsy and obviously the cheapest print. Awful.

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jadedrooster

Evergreen Entertainment

Reviewed in Australia on 7 April 2020

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I've read n re read the book, about hslf a dozen times first time about 35 years ago. Its still fresh n new for me, always relevant. My intention, this most recent of readings, was to introduce my 11 year old son to it. Instead I re read it myself . Time for my dln , later.

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Stefan Luke

What??

Reviewed in Australia on 6 August 2020

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Most confusing book I have ever read. I barely understand some parts and I feel as if it is rushed, not concise. I hope you can get through the book better than I did. This book was, to simply put it...

Disjointed.

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Callum Yule

An eye opener

Reviewed in Australia on 17 September 2020

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I have met a few Holden Caulfields in my time. A very well written book. It is a tad depressing in places, which is why I only gave it four stars, but it meant a lot, if you know what I mean.

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MrBlaz3star

One of my favs!

Reviewed in Australia on 31 March 2020

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One of my personal faves. Love the naivete, innocence, kind and loving nature of the character. I get how he feels!

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Michael Wheeler

boring

Reviewed in Australia on 24 November 2019

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interesting for comparative literature research to read but not at all enjoyable! dont bother if you are reading for enjoyment

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Macman123

Arrived safely and on time

Reviewed in Australia on 14 October 2020

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Arrived safely and on time

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Arnold Toynbee

Great for Americans - a little tedious for others

Reviewed in Australia on 4 November 2019

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Very American. Thought-provoking.

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Woodstock

Rubbish book not the classic book the literature snobs would have you believe

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2018

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This book is rubbish. I bought and read it after hearing it was a brilliant classic but I honestly think people probably think the same as I do but to not appear uneducated or think they have to suck up to the literature snobs they claim it’s wonderful!! It’s not!!

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Tia

very disappointed!

Reviewed in India on 1 July 2017

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It is undoubtedly a book everyone must read. But major complaint to the seller/publisher which I hope Amazon will look into it. I recently got aound to reading the books some months after buying it. On opening the book, I found that after pg 50, the next fifty pages had been skipped from the book. And the remaining pages were jumbled up, some were double printed on the same page, some were diagonally printed. As a result, could not read the book beyond the first fifty pages.

I don't think k it is an original penguin print, i am pretty sure the seller is selling a plagarised version of this book. My advice, definitely read this book but do NOT buy from this seller/publisher, very disappointed!

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Steve 'O'

I haven't read it yet,I will let you know what happens at the end.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2019

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I believe this book is about a fish that is trying to find his son,but his son is in a glass box full of water near to a dentist in Tasmania or somewhere near there.Sounds a bit wacky but I'm a sucker for a dentist story.

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You're all a bunch of phonies

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 February 2018

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I had heard of this novel for many years before I got around to reading it and I had no idea what it was about when I started it. But I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found the use of language excellent and the lead character extremely likeable. Many of the scenes and phrases used in the book stayed with me long after I put it down and made me think. This book is also extremely short, you can read it in a week easy so give it a go. I would highly recommend it.

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Catman

A deeply moving story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 August 2018

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This book was recommended to me, and I'd not heard of it before, so didn't have any preconceived ideas. I found it extremely well written with some profound insights. Although it's very much of it's time (1950s), it's also 'modern' in many ways. The narrator, Holden Caufield, takes us through two days in his life the previous December, and I found his unfolding psychological crisis deeply moving, and can't understand those reviews who say they found it boring. I would certainly recommend this book.

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