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Author:	J. D. Salinger
Title:	The Catcher In The Rye
Publisher:	Little, Brown And Company
Country:	USA
Date:	1951
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction
Total Editions:	14
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Wants
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This is the first edition of the novel.

Comments and Reviews


OldMod67 16th Feb 2023		Article on the reissues: https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/new-salinger-book-designs (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 29th Sep 2019		although published by new american library, inc., "bookcat" goes by publisher's imprint, so this should^W has been varied to "signet" [usa]. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



Magic Marmalade 16th Mar 2017		Review Holden Caulfield And The Template For Gloom! ...Would have been a great alternative title for this. I'll have to read this again, as I don't really remember that much about it... except how underwhelmed by it I was. A short novel about moody youth (he says dismissively :)... with a huge reputation. I think it may be one of those instances where the reputation came to overwhelm the actual content and quality... and couldn't live up to billing eventually. But having thought about it since (my reaction to it), I think it's probably the case that I just read it too late - I was too old for it to mark me the way it has many young comers of agers for generations now. The reason being, I conclude, is that this did originally make such a splash when it came out, that it created a template for an anti-hero type, that we've seen in books and in cinema ever since, and that have, during the course of time, been refined, probably done better, and certainly too often. *..."Is that it?!!!"* I finished it, and then took the book by the spine and shook it, to see if there were any extra words in there that I was missing somewhere... maybe they'd fall out and reveal all this brilliance I'd been hearing of. I even went round the back of the book, to see if the words were hiding there... but alas, no. But then... I am old. So a modern reader looks at this as derivative, whiney teen-angst stuff... when in fact, it's the original whiney teen-angst. But for a younger reader, at the right age, and who still has a soul, this may come to mean a lot. ...maybe, as another aspect of it's reputation suggests (perhaps urban myth), for some it might come to mean too much (Reputedly one of the most commonly found books on the shelves of serial killers and other high profile murderers) So maybe it's like landing a space shuttle... where you have to get it in, in just a narrow "window" of time... hit too soon, and you'll burn up... hit too late, and you'll just bounce off it's atmosphere and off into space. (Is this a comment, or a review? - it began as a comment :) (this review is from another edition of this book) ✔︎ Helpful Review?