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39. Catcher In The Rye: JD Salinger’s American Rebel

The Book Club

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A Bestseller That Divided Its Readers

Dominic Sandbrook and Tabitha Syrett explain the novel’s immediate commercial success, censorship, critical hostility, and powerful appeal to young readers.

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