"Don't even mention them to me." The young hero of J.D. Salinger's 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye" is often described as one of the great unreliable narrators in American fiction -- a ...

Between high school and college I read The Catcher in the Rye five times. This was unusual for me. I don’t typically read a book more than once. There are just too many good books that I haven ...

"Rebel in the Rye" explores J.D. Salinger's career and meditation practice. — -- J.D. Salinger’s controversial novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” is considered by many to be an American ...

An inscribed copy of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is a rare commodity among antiquarian book collectors. But those hunting for a signed copy of the 1951 classic can rejoice ...

The iconic teenager of “The Catcher in the Rye” is forever suspended in the amber of our youthful alienation. Although a few pious schools continue to ban Salinger’s only published novel ...

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J.D. Salinger, a giant of 20th century American letters and author of "The Catcher in the Rye" who had shunned the public eye for decades, died Wednesday at his home in rural Cornish, N.H. He was 91.