‘The Catcher in the Rye Enigma’ seems to polarize readers

Our non-fiction book The Catcher in the Rye Enigma: J.D. Salinger’s Mind Control Triggering Device or a Coincidental Literary Obsession of Criminals?  has been praised by critics in the UK, but not in the US.

Now why is that?

We suspect it’s because Americans feel ownership of Salinger’s 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye – not surprising given it’s an all-time American classic and one of the bestselling books of the 20th Century.

On Amazon.UK, our book, The Catcher in the Rye Enigma, currently enjoys a 4-Star review rating whereas on Amazon.com it only has a 3-Star rating. Respective reviewers’ comments reflect this.

One UK reviewer, for example, says, “This book has certainly opened up my eyes. Well researched. Highly recommended!” And another says, “I found this read very thought provoking, interesting and a bit frightening.”

One US reviewer, however, reflects what many American critics seem to think. He says, “How many persons have read The Catcher in the Rye? This author (that’s us, the Morcans, he refers to) villainizes a dead author who cannot defend himself on the basis of evidence which even the publisher (that’s us also) admits is theoretical and perhaps not true. Shame on you…”

To read more about this controversial and apparently polarizing book (by James & Lance Morcan) go to: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Catcher-Rye-Enigma-Coincidental-Underground-ebook/dp/B00YVROKZ4/

 

The Catcher in the Rye Enigma unearths the mysteries surrounding J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye – arguably the most controversial book of all time.

The allegation directed at Salinger is that he (and/or his publisher) craftily implanted into the book neurolinguistic passages, or coded messages, that act as post-hypnotic suggestions or mind control “triggers”. In turn, these triggers enabled CIA handlers to activate Manchurian Candidates for assassinations. Some conspiracy theorists also believe the novel was part of the CIA’s now mostly-declassified mind control program MK-Ultra, and that while assassins were being brainwashed they were forced to read the book over and over until it was embedded in their minds.

But given that Salinger’s critically acclaimed masterpiece was one of the biggest selling books of the 20th Century, are the crimes it was associated with merely happenstance? Today, if a handful of different murderers had a copy of The Da Vinci Code or a Harry Potter  book, or were all fixated on a similarly popular book, would it even make the news headlines?

We investigate these theories and counter arguments in this, our fourth book in The Underground Knowledge Series. This balanced exposé ultimately leaves it up to you, the reader, to decide whether J.D. Salinger’s novel is a “Mind Control Triggering Device” or simply a “Coincidental Literary Obsession of Criminals” just as this book’s subtitle suggests.

 

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