I got into it, funnily enough, through Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex as a result of the Complex story arc involving the Laughing Man.
I first signed it out of the local library and read through it before returning it and purchasing my own copy of it (along with Nine Stories, also by J.D. Salinger) only to promptly read through it again shortly afterwards.
Really, excellent book. Who else has read it?
And what were your thoughts?
P.S. In before comments along the lines of, "STFU WITH YOUR EMOFAG SHIT!"
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Anonymous2006-07-05 8:45 (sage)
I have read it, it is nothing noteworthy.
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Anonymous2006-07-05 11:58
Book is okay but character isn't so cool because he's bitching a lot
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Anonymous2006-07-05 12:16
I got into it the same way ;D
However, I felt that I should have read it at the age of around 16..... I was like the main figure at that age :P
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Anonymous2006-07-05 13:03
'Catcher in the Rye' is the book of choice for mass-murderers and other anti-social misfits.
Meh, it's fities teen angst. If the guy would stop bitching for two seconds, he might be able to figure out why his life sucks.
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Anonymous2006-07-05 21:56
>>1
HAHA ! YOU NOOB !!! I READ CATCHER IN THE RYE AND OTHER WORKS OF SALINGER WHEN THE FIRST GITS MOVIE CAME OUT ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO !!!!!
AND THEN I WATCHED GITS:SAC AND WENT "OH THIS SUCKS... NOT ONLY IS IT FULL SUCKY 3D GFX BUT THEY PUT THESE STUPID LITERARY REFERENCES IN THIS THING JUST TO MAKE IT LOOK DEEP AND WHAT NOT"
BTW... CAPS LOCK FTW 111
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Anonymous2006-07-07 12:56
what is books
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Anonymous2006-07-07 13:46
>>9
paper sheets are to books what books are to libraries
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Anonymous2006-07-08 3:26
O RLY
so what is this magical "mystery library" you talk of
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Anonymous2006-07-10 20:47
So, nobody had some urgence to kill someone after reading this book?
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Anonymous2006-07-11 4:03
Other than the author? No.
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Anonymous2006-07-11 13:13
I'm actually going to do a 4000 word essay on this comparing the main characer of the catcher in the rye to the narrator in fight club..
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Not necessarily an urgence, but the guy who killed John Lennon, while not directly influenced by it, loved the book and shared Holden's feelings about phonies.
He also referred to himself/signed things with the name Holden Caulfield or "the Catcher in the Rye" at times.
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Anonymous2006-07-11 15:43
so what? arabs keep referring to the kuran when they blow shit up but that doesn't make it an awesome book. in fact, the kuran sucks shit.
I've been meaning to read the book for a while now but couldn't get around to it... boohoo, the nearest library is like A MILE away!
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Anonymous2006-07-13 23:01
i read it a few years ago
dont remember it very well though
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Anonymous2006-07-14 23:29
Tried to read it again, but in original (english) version. Nice, but again, this guy should stop bitching about everything around him...
Yes everyone have his own bad sides but it doesnt mean he should spot and think about all of them.
There are better things to do...