RIP JD Salinger and Holden Caufield

[Tom Dunlap]

The color of the cover of the paperback book Catcher in the Rye imprinted on me when I was in junior high.

Has a better book about teenage life been written in the ensuing years?

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/readers-respond-to-jd-salingers-death/

 

[tomthetreeman]

I think the plot of teenage life was just a backdrop for the larger theme of mental illness. The thing is, you don't figure it out until the end. What an awesome book.

-Tom

 

[Pstuffel]

One of my favorites. Dont forget to drink one for Howard Zinn too. Two greats in one week.