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The Catcher in the Rye
Jerome David Salinger · Literary Fiction
50 Pulse Score
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#164 All Time
About this book
Story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.
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