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The catcher in the rye

Summary: Novel by J.D. Salinger, published in 1951. The influential and widely acclaimed story details the two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. Confused and disillusioned, he searches for truth and rails against the "phoniness" of the adult world. He ends up exhausted and emotionally ill, in a psychiatrist's office. After he recovers from his breakdown, Holden relates his experiences to the reader.

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  • ISBN: 019122005992
  • Physical Description: print
    214 p. ; 18 cm.
  • Edition: 1st LB Books mass market paperback ed.
  • Publisher: Boston, MA : Little, Brown, 1991, c1951.
Subject: Caulfield, Holden (Fictitious character)
Runaway teenagers -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Genre: Bildungsromane.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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Prince Rupert Library CPb Sali (Text) 33294001992528 Paperbacks - Classics Volume hold Available -

Summary: Novel by J.D. Salinger, published in 1951. The influential and widely acclaimed story details the two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. Confused and disillusioned, he searches for truth and rails against the "phoniness" of the adult world. He ends up exhausted and emotionally ill, in a psychiatrist's office. After he recovers from his breakdown, Holden relates his experiences to the reader.

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