# The Catcher in the Rye, Vol. 1

By **Jerome David Salinger**

- ISBN-13: 9780241950432
- Series: [Untitled](https://mybookbandits.com/series/untitled-122)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Pages: 192
- Published: 1 Jan 2010
- Language: en
- Price: £14.99 (new)
- Categories: Fiction

## About this book

As the first volume in the Untitled series, The Catcher in the Rye follows Holden Caulfield, a seventeen-year-old expelled from his fourth school. Disillusioned with the world, he wanders New York City and dissects the "phony" behavior he encounters everywhere - headmasters who value social status over character, roommates who use empty charm. This work of fiction explores adolescent alienation through Holden’s raw, slang-filled narration, capturing his personal observations of a society built on pretense.

Salinger crafts a conversational prose style that makes readers feel Holden is speaking directly to them, sharing his sharp take on love, loss, and the American Dream. The novel trades a conventional plot for an intimate, unhurried look at the painful gap between childhood clarity and adult hypocrisy, delivering its insights without falling back on cliché.

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