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

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

I would rather read literally anything else

The way the protagonist has been written makes me want to claw my eyes out. Why is every page of the book filled with excruciatingly crass detail about how he hates everything and nothing else of substance?