The Catcher in the Rye

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A disaffected prep-school teen, Holden Caulfield, wanders New York City over a few winter days, wrestling with grief, alienation, and the “phoniness” he sees everywhere. Wry, intimate, and aching, this classic coming-of-age novel captures the raw, searching voice of adolescence.