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Richardo

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Fri Feb-04-05 11:21 AM
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I just got done reading "Catcher in the Rye" and all. I really did.

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Edited on Fri Feb-04-05 11:22 AM by Richardo

Maybe I should've read the book when I was a teen instead of now at 48, but...

Looking at it from the context of when it was written (1947), I can see why it was so controversial: sex, homosexuality, f-bombs, etc. And I liked the voice of Caufield - thought it rang true. Plus: I love the way he can get drinks and hookers at 14 in NYC - what a playa!

Overall take: Holden Caufield: disaffected, but pretty much a jerk. I guess that's the point. Oh well, one more 'must-read' off my list.

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