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This book epitomises teenage angst and is the archetypal coming-of-age novel. It’s focus is on the universally accepted but unspoken truth that moving from dependence to independence is a terrifying process. It captures the beauty of a happy childhood, and stirs in us a longing to return to a time of simplicity and innocence. In addition, the protagonists’ cynicism of the adult world and yearning for the idyllic to remain possible inspire a feeling of melancholy. The book touches upon many diffi
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The greatest most inside-my-head novel I've ever read. Don't know how he captured what it is like to live in this world with this one amazing, screwed-up person named Holden, but he did it. The tone, the angst, the humor, it's all there. The metaphors abound, especially the title revelation, which comes into my mind on a regular basis. The carousel scene and everything in between makes me think. There is nothing more important than that it gives me pause, even when I disagree, it stays with me e
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Always a pleasure. Recommend to lovers of Jack Kerouac.
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