Catcher in the Rye The

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The Catcher in the Rye is J . D. Salinger's world-famous novel of disaffected youth.

It's Christmas and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school. Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters - shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends.

The city is beautiful and terrible in all its lonesome neon glamour, its mingled sense of possibility and emptiness. Holden passes through it like a ghost, thinking always of his kid sister Phoebe, the only person who really understands him, and his determination to escape the phonies and find a life of true meaning.

The Catcher in the Rye is an all-time classic coming-of-age story- an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and the bewildering sense of loss as we leave childhood behind.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241950432
Published: March 2010

Number of pages: 240
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 15 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd