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The following books will introduce you to Holden Caulfield,
who said these words in J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. To order a book, or for more information, follow the book
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- Salinger, J. D. The
Catcher in the Rye. Lb Books, 1991.
- This controversial American classic may no longer
shock as it did in 1951, but it has lost none of
its eerie power to expose a vulnerable side of
the adolescent male psyche.
- Bloom, Harold (Ed.). Holden
Caulfield. New York: Chelsea House, 1990.
- Fine collection of essays on this character by
noted critics.
- French, Warren. United States Authors Series - J. D. Salinger, Revisited
. Boston: Twayne, 1988.
- Critical introduction to this brilliant, elusive, and highly influential American author and his work. French's analysis of Holden's idea of himself as "catcher" is illuminating, especially as he argues that Holden moves beyond it.
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