The Catcher in the Rye

Most Overrated Classic Books

Posted 09.18.2011

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Ever read a classic and asked yourself, "What’s the big deal?" There are thousands of books the world considers classics, from Shakespeare to Saling...

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ReThink Review: The Art of Getting By -- Smells Like Teen Angst

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.23.2011

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Jonathan Kim

Ever since the 1951 book The Catcher In the Rye, stories about angsty, alienated, financially secure (mostly male) teenagers in existential crisis over "what it all means" have become a staple of movies, TV and literature.

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From Huck Finn To Holden Caulfield: Top 10 Outsiders' Stories

guardian.co.uk | Stephen Kelman | Posted 07.25.2011

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Stephen Kelman was born in 1976. After finishing his degree he worked variously as a warehouse operative, a careworker, and in marketing and local gov...

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Woody Allen's Top 5 Books

guardian.co.uk | Woody Allen | Posted 07.09.2011

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J.D. Salinger Never Invited Me Back

Charlie Carillo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charlie Carillo

My heart is hammering away as I'm driving up J.D. Salinger's long, snowy driveway, and it hits me like the night train: This isn't how I wanted it to happen.

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Salinger Courted Fame After All

Tom Payne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Payne

We thought he was the tight-lipped, pap-menacing boffin who wrote The Catcher in the Rye, but it turns out that he was a media popsy who was desperate to make contact with people.

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Unfilmable Books

The Huffington Post | Gabe Habash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Books and movies have gone hand-in-hand since Hollywood's very beginnings. Some of its greatest triumphs--"The Godfather," "Gone With The Wind," "The ...

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The 5 Most Reclusive Authors Of The 20th Century: In Defense Of Privacy

Flavorwire | Caroline Stanley | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an age where widespread self promotion (and in many cases, oversharing) is just 140 characters away, the idea of a reclusive author seems both coun...

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Salinger Parody In Copyright Battle; Swedish Book Unlikely To Be Published In U.S.

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A Swedish author is unlikely to win approval through the courts to publish his novel in the United States, because it is substantiall...

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Why 'The Catcher In The Rye' Should Never Be Made Into A Movie

Salon.com | Alex Pareene | Posted 05.25.2011

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"The Catcher in the Rye" should never be made into a movie. Period. To entertain such thoughts requires the would-be adapter to ignore three strong a...

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5 Literary Hook-Ups I'd Like to See

Caroline Hagood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Caroline Hagood

Which writers would you like to see get it on?

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J.D. Salinger Letter To Hemingway On Public Display For The First Time

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — It was the summer of 1946 when a young and war-fatigued J.D. Salinger reached out to another writer whose career had also been shaped b...

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'South Park' Pays Tribute To J.D. Salinger, Takes On Schools That Ban 'Catcher In The Rye' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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"South Park" paid tribute to the late J.D. Salinger last night, when the gang was assigned "The Catcher in the Rye" to read for school. In a hilarious...

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John David California's Novel Attempt to Best J. D. Salinger: Read It and Weep

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Finkle

What's missing is the effortless character charisma Salinger provided. It does no damage to the 1951 bestseller. The Catcher in the Rye continues to stand on its own, unassailed.

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J.D. Salinger Letters Go Public, Reveal Details Of His Life And Writing

The New York Times | ALISON LEIGH COWAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The letters, a total of 11, were written between 1951 and 1993, from one buddy, or "Buddyroo," to another. In sharp and familiar prose, laced with hum...

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J.D. Salinger Hated Hitchens, Secret Letter Stash May Reveal?

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt and Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: The Guardian reports that the letters are actually a fake, as confirmed by an editor from Taki's newspaper, The Spectator: Fortunately we wil...

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Stephen Colbert On J.D. Salinger: 'I Am Calling Bullsh*t On This Salinger Guy' (VIDEO)

Comedy Central | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Colbert paid tribute last night to legendary author J.D. Salinger, who passed away last week. He had scholar and critic Henry Allen on the sho...

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The Snatcher in the Rye

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laurence Hughes

Salinger's teenage hero, Holden Caulfield, lives on in my unauthorized novel: a mashup combining The Catcher in the Rye and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

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J. D. Salinger Remembered With Gratitude and Suspicion

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Finkle

The only book my mother ever forbade me to read was The Catcher in the Rye. Perhaps if she'd used reverse psychology, I wouldn't have become an avid Salinger fan.

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Howard Zinn And J. D. Salinger: Two Heroes

Wendy Block | Posted 11.17.2011

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Wendy Block

I would never have linked these two icons - Zinn and Salinger. But after both deaths unsettled me similarly, I realized that what I loved about each was his rebellious, idealistic soul.

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Mourning J. D. Salinger: An Appreciation From a Glass Family Junkie

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lesley M. M. Blume

As a sixteen-year-old, I felt that Holden Caulfield's suspicions and black humor and irreverence would inevitably position me as the sort of adult artist I someday hoped to become.

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J.D. Salinger (1919-2010): His Legacy Isn't 'Catcher in the Rye'. It's His Glass Family Stories

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

The Glass kids are at the center of Franny and Zooey, the one Salinger book I can re-read every year. With the exception of a short story, it's the last fiction Salinger has published -- and we're talking 1961 here.

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Loss of J.D. Salinger Echoes Through Young Authors' Souls

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dwayne Raymond

Salinger has left the building and the literary world is all the emptier for it.

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Judge's Review: Salinger Spinoff a `Dismal' Book

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Federal appeals court judges had plenty of questions Thursday about a Swedish author's so-far unsuccessful attempt to publish a book ...

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Holden Caulfield at 60? No Way, Says J. D. Salinger

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Finkle

Salinger might be better off taking the view of James M. Cain, the author of several hot 1940s chart items. Cain, asked once how he felt about what Hollywood had done to his books, said, "Hollywood hasn't done anything to my books. There they all are, up on the shelf."

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