J.D. Salinger
Reviewed

"In spite of his solid and regular writing, [Salinger's] published output has been relatively small. But no book since war has had such an impact on American youth as his one full-scale novel has, The Catcher in the Rye. In it, Salinger seems both to have a teenager's view of the adult world ... and to have portrayed someone with whom a great many teenagers passionately wish to identify themselves."

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