The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

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Book Overview: The Catcher in the Rye

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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Editorial Reviews

“In Mr. Salinger we have a fresh voice. One can actually hear it speaking, and what is has to say is uncannily true, perceptive, and compassionate.” — Clifton Fadiman, Book-of-the-Month Club News

“We read The Catcher in the Rye and feel like the book understands us in deep and improbable ways.” — John Green

“A contemporary master–a genius…Here was a man who used language as if it were pure energy beautifully controlled, and who knew exactly what he was doing in every silence as well as in every word.” — Richard Yates, New York Times Book Review

“Salinger’s work meant a lot to me when I was a young person and his writing still sings now.” — Dave Eggers

About the Author

J. D. Salinger

J. D. Salinger was an American author, best known for his critically acclaimed novel “The Catcher in the Rye,” published in 1951. Born on January 1, 1919, in Manhattan, New York, Salinger began writing short stories while in secondary school and developed a profound interest in literature. He served in World War II, and his war experiences influenced his writing. “Nine Stories,” “Franny and Zooey,” and “Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction” are prominent works that added to his fame. Salinger was notorious for his reclusive nature, spending the last decades of his life away from the public eye. He passed away on January 27, 2010, leaving a lasting legacy in American literature.