The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger is the author of the cult novel "The Catcher in the Rye." The book gained scandalous fame after the murder of John Lennon. Mark Chapman shot the idol of millions five times, sat down on the asphalt under... a streetlight, and began to read "The Catcher in the Rye." The work has been translated into almost all major languages of the world. It is included in the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Holden Caulfield is once again expelled from private school. In an attempt to understand himself and overcome an inner crisis, he runs away to New York. The fake and cruel world of adults is repugnant to Holden. In it, a hotel elevator operator can offer prostitution services and then extort an extra five dollars from a client. A former teacher can take in a boy and then secretly stroke the hair of the sleeping child at night. Holden rebels against this world. He seeks sincerity and simplicity, which he finds in his younger sister Phoebe and other children. He wants to protect them from the adult world. Holden wants to save the children who run in the rye field, not seeing the edge of the abyss…