'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

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http://www.1010wins.com/-Catcher-in-the-Rye--Author-J-D--Salinger-Dead-at-/6229912

J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose ``The Catcher in the Rye'' shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.

Salinger died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, the author's son said in a statement from Salinger's literary representative. He had lived for decades in self-imposed isolation in the small, remote house in Cornish, N.H.

"The Catcher in the Rye,'' with its immortal teenage protagonist, the twisted, rebellious Holden Caulfield, came out in 1951, a time of anxious, Cold War conformity and the dawn of modern adolescence. The Book-of-the-Month Club, which made ``Catcher'' a featured selection, advised that for "anyone who has ever brought up a son'' the novel will be "a source of wonder and delight -- and concern.''

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Re: 'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

Shit.

[88Mariner]

Re: 'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

What kind of a dick puts his degree before his name?


(in before B.A. Baracus)

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[Bender420]

Re: 'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

am i the only one who didn't think it was all that great a book? i thought it was ok, but nothing to deserve all the attention it got. and i certainly didn't get what it was about that book that made people always carry a copy, have multiple copies, and shoot people! hell, that's the reason i read the book!

[DIDI]

Re: 'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

I actually don't remember reading it. There a has been so much written about it though it feels like I have ! 91 and dying of natural causes seems not too bad,

[88Mariner]

Re: 'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

am i the only one who didn't think it was all that great a book? i thought it was ok, but nothing to deserve all the attention it got. and i certainly didn't get what it was about that book that made people always carry a copy, have multiple copies, and shoot people! hell, that's the reason i read the book!

I'm with you. It was an OK read. Nothing i'd read again, much less carry multiple copies.


I think it's one of those books you'd like if you 'appreciate' post-modern art.

[pdowney]

Re: 'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

am i the only one who didn't think it was all that great a book? i thought it was ok, but nothing to deserve all the attention it got. and i certainly didn't get what it was about that book that made people always carry a copy, have multiple copies, and shoot people! hell, that's the reason i read the book!

I'm with you. I read half, got bored and quit. I wasn't sure why I should be so interested in some guy by himself in a hotel room.

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Re: 'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger

CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn't do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. "He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers," said hot-shot English professor David Clarke, who is just like the rest of them, and even works at one of those crumby schools that rich people send their kids to so they don't have to look at them for four years. "There will never be another voice like his." Which is exactly the lousy kind of goddamn thing that people say, because really it could mean lots of things, or nothing at all even, and it's just a perfect example of why you should never tell anybody anything.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bunch_of_phonies_mourn_j_d

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Re: 'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

I read it too and thought the book ended abruptly and didn't live up to the hype. But I think to be fair, it was probably an interesting read when it came out in 1951 and maybe we don't have the context to appreciate it, especially having been exposed to Home Alone.

I didn't think much of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer nor Kerouac's On The Road neither.