I struggled through “Catcher in the Rye” one time about 30 years ago and wondered what the heck all the fuss was about.
It ranged between utterly incomprehensible to totally boring.
Shouldn’t them “angels” be teenage boys ?
Ha! I love Steve Breen’s cartoons.
About all I ever got from that book was Caulfield’s ‘secret slob’ roommate, who had to shave twice; I’ve had to do that a few times.
Great book. I really liked Franny and Zooey. The second half is excellent.
Sleeping would be more beneficial than reading his nonsense.
Holden Caulfield is now running the country. Even given the passing of his creator, it’s unfortunate for conservatives to be celebrating him.
J.D. Salinger was okay, pretty good, not great.
..back in college we read CITR in American lit class...along with Melville,Faulkner,Steinbeck,Hemingway and Fitzgerald....I’m GLAD they had us read those great writers...guys like Steven King and John Grisham couldn’t carry their jockstrap...on their best day!
Anything made mandatory in school will be disliked. In Germany, all students are required to read Book 1 of Goethe’s Faust. On my own, in the US, I had voluntarily read Book 1, and without missing a beat, read Book 2 as well.
When I mentioned this to some recent graduates of a German gymnasium, or high school, they looked at me with a most unique combination of amazement, derision, confusion, and puzzlement.
I must be one of the few Boomers who managed to avoid reaing C.i.t.R.