A teacher in America was also sacked for using it in a literature syllabus. There is much controversy surrounding Catcher in the Rye indeed Mark Chapman, convicted of John Lennon’s assassination, had the book on him at the time of the murder and was said to be ‘obsessed’ with the text. The protagonist, despite his crude language, is amiable and charming and the book leaves you wanting to follow him through more of his escapades on his journey through adolescence. Despite all this, however, it’s without question one of the best and most gripping books I’ve ever read. It is a mere two hundred-or-so pages long. There is nothing spectacular about this book there is no epic plot like in Gone with the Wind, no sinister undertones so associated with Rebecca. I like nothing better than curling up with a good book on a long train journey and so I saved it for my trip back to Reading from York, and two-and-a-half hours later I was both nearing the end absolutely enthralled with this often banned book of teenage angst and woe. Salinger’s death earlier in the year and the book’s place in the Top 100 BBC Reads. ![]() ![]() I picked three or four books up by Daphne Du Maurier and then decided to add an extra tome to pile for good measure. I happened across Catcher in the Rye at my Uncle’s house in Yorkshire in November 2010.
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