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  • The Catcher in the Rye

    J. D. Salinger

    Paperback (Bantam Books, Jan. 1, 1964)
    "The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. 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. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it. There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices-but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. "
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  • The Catcher in the Rye

    J. D. Salinger

    Mass Market Paperback (Bantam, Jan. 1, 1981)
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  • The Catcher in the Rye

    J. D. Salinger

    Paperback (Signet / New American Library, March 1, 1953)
    The Catcher in the Rye
  • The Catcher in the Rye

    J.D. Salinger

    Paperback (Bantam Books, Jan. 1, 1972)
    The Catcher in the Rye
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  • The Catcher in the Rye, First Printing With Fadiman Insert 1951 Little Brown & Co

    Salinger

    Hardcover (Little Brown and Company, Jan. 1, 1951)
    The Catcher In The Rye, J. D. Salinger first BOMC edition with the rare Fadiman Insert.
  • Catcher in the Rye

    J.D. SALINGER

    Hardcover (A KEITH JENNISON BOOK/FRANKLIN WATTS, Jan. 1, 1951)
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  • THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

    J.D. Salinger

    Paperback (Signet:: NY, Aug. 16, 1953)
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  • The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger published by Bantam

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    Paperback (Bantam, Aug. 16, 1994)
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  • The Catcher in the Rye

    J.D. Salinger

    Paperback (Signet / NAL, Jan. 1, 1963)
    "The Catcher in Rye" is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden 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. Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in conventional terms, there is hardly any plot at all). Salinger's style creates an effect of conversation, it is as though Holden is speaking to you personally, as though you too have seen through the pretences of the American Dream and are growing up unable to see the point of living in, or contributing to, the society around you. Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood, it deals with society, love, loss, and expectations without ever falling into the clutch of a cliche
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  • The Catcher in the Rye

    J. D. Salinger, James Avati

    Paperback (Signet D1667, Jan. 1, 1960)
    Signet D1667
  • The Catcher in the Rye

    J. D. Salinger

    Paperback (Signet Books, Sept. 1, 1962)
    Hard-to-find paperback copy of the classic with the unauthorized cover depicting Holden in his cap. A Salinger revival is upcoming with the new release of his biography.
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  • The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger

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    Paperback (Mass Paperback, Jan. 1, 1991)
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