The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

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'If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.'

The first of J. D. Salinger's four books to be published, The Catcher in the Rye is one of the most widely read and beloved of all contemporary American novels.

'The handbook of the adolescent heart' The New Yorker

  • ISBN10 0241950430
  • ISBN13 9780241950432
  • Publish Date 4 March 2010 (first published 16 July 1951)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 28 June 2022
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 240
  • Language English