The Catcher in the Rye

A teen escapes prep school, navigating New York's chaos and his own turmoil.

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277 pages· 54,989 words· Est. 5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Holden Caulfield, a sixteen-year-old New Yorker, flees his prep school and dives into the bustling streets of New York City. Over three days, he grapples with the complexities of adolescence, beauty, and pain. As he encounters various voices and experiences, Holden's journey becomes a poignant exploration of identity and belonging. What truths will he uncover in the city's underground, and can he find solace amidst the chaos? Dive into a world where innocence clashes with reality, and every moment is a step towards self-discovery.

From the publisher

The brilliant, funny, meaningful novel (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature–and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a lifelong love of books.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 hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caufield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days.

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