The Catcher In The Rye

Description

New York, 1950s. Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another prep school. Over the course of a few days, he wanders the streets of New York, cynical, restless, desperately searching for something authentic in a world he finds unbearably phony.

J.D. Salinger’s masterpiece is one of the most influential novels ever written. More than seven decades after its publication, Holden’s voice remains startlingly alive, funny, heartbreaking, and utterly recognizable to anyone who has ever felt out of place in the world.

The Catcher in the Rye is not just a coming-of-age story. It is a portrait of loneliness, of the pain of growing up, and of the fierce, fragile desire to protect innocence in a world that seems determined to destroy it.

A novel that has shaped generations of readers and will shape many more.