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J. D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback, 2001, Back Bay Books) 4 stars

Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He …

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5 stars

"I know he's dead! Don't you think I know that?
I can still like them, though, can't I? Just because somebody's dead, you don't stop liking them, for God's sake-especially if they were about a thousand times nicer than people you know that're alive and all."

Apparently this came out in 1945. I love how it's written in the way we still talk.

Heartbreaking and funny at the same time.