The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

First published 1945 · 240 pages

About this book

Story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.

  • fictional works
  • Runaway teenagers
  • Fiction
  • Adolescence
  • teenage boys
  • Runaway teenagers in literature
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Emotionally disturbed teenage boys

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