The Catcher in the Rye

By J D Salinger

Details

Publisher: Penguin Books
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ISBN: 9780241950432
Themes: realistic fiction

Preface

Holden Caulfield is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up, 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.