Does Salinger's "Catcher" still work? Is Holden Caulfield a whining preppie, a misfit teenager or something more sinister?

Does Salinger's "Catcher" still work? open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #JDSalinger #CatcherInTheRye #HoldenCaulfield #Americannovels #NYTimes

I love the book, This Side of Paradise.
I loved it as a teenager, and I adore it now. Dear Amory Blaine is an insufferable little personage. But he is detailed with such self-awareness. That’s what we love.

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Being described as "Tom Robbins, whose novels read like a hit of literary LSD" and being coined "the most dangerous writer in the world today" is quite honestly more impressive to me than all of his awards. RIP Tom Robbins
#RIP
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#greatamericanwriters
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#readabook

The Great American Novels 136 books that made America think

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