J.D. Salinger passed away yesterday (January 27) at the age of 91. For those who haven't read The Catcher in the Rye yet, I recommend you read it now, before you get too old and it sounds like adolescent whining (which it is, but relatable whining).
The Catcher in the Rye, such an insanely great book. It's funny how almost everyone I talk to either hates the book, or loves it. I second reading it. I love the part of the book with Sunny and her "daddy". How his imagination just goes wild.
I had to read the book for English last year -- First school book I actually enjoyed It was pretty good, it would have been better without the endless annotations I had to mark out.
Basically the struggle of Holden Caulfield, a teenager, to grow up and the conflicts between innocence and maturity that he encounters, to give a vague non-spoiler.
He did publish several short stories and novellas, but he was never very prolific. Still can't really say that he published only one book, unlike someone like Harper Lee, who only published To Kill a Mockingbird and three magazine essays.
