Product Description

J. D. Salinger's famous classic about a boy coming of age. At the time of publication it caused quite an uproar because of it's language and was banned from many libraries, although it is fairly mild by modern stndards.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #159645 in Books
• Published on: 1966
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 214 pages

Customer Reviews

poor seller
I ordered the book over a month ago. Still waiting for it.... I have contacted the seller and he has yet to reply. Don't buy from this seller!

Gloom despair and agony on me
I couldn't stand this book in high school, and I can't stand it now!
I couldn't stand it in high school because I found it very depressing.... full of despair and gloom. Perhaps the author should have had Holden commit suicide somewhere in the early chapters... then he could have spared us the agony of reading about his pathetic life.
I can't stand it now because the language is coarse and crude, beyond where it needs to be.
I guess the author thought it was either important or fun to have us rattle around inside of Holden Caulfield's head...
Really though. it could have all be summarized by that 4 line diddy on Hee Haw...
"Gloom, despair and agony on me-e!
Deep dark depression, excessive misery-y!
If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all!
Gloom, despair and agony on me-e-e!"
There, now you don't even need the Cliff's Notes version.

A timeless classic worth reading
I write this review having to look back almost 20 years when I read this book as a child. At an age when I found it difficult to engross myself in fiction (I simply did not read a lot as a child), I traversed through this book with interest.

Unless you have issues with the course language, you should anticipate an amusing account of events as Holden is thrown out of prep school. The tale is told as Holden recites the two day episode after having been kicked out. The events are conveyed as though Holden is speaking candidly to the reader; which is a style I found enjoyable.

The Catcher in the Rye flows nicely and presents an effortless journey into the mind of Holden Caulfield. As one of the more popular fictional works of the 20th century, this impression alone should be sufficient to entice any reader. While I personally would not bestow the book with quite that level of praise, I do feel it offers a worthwhile undertaking.