Quicklet on J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye

Salinger wrote a letter to Esquire in 1945: "e;The men who have been in this war deserve some sort of trembling melody rendered without embarrassment or regret,"e; (Esquire). In 1951, Salinger delivered just that. The Catcher in the Rye is not a war novel, but a riveting amalgam of the disil [...]
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Salinger wrote a letter to Esquire in 1945: "e;The men who have been in this war deserve some sort of trembling melody rendered without embarrassment or regret,"e; (Esquire). In 1951, Salinger delivered just that. The Catcher in the Rye is not a war novel, but a riveting amalgam of the disillusionments and malcontent that Salinger likely incubated throughout his young life. Depression, trauma, and loss of innocence are brought to a point so fine that the book's publication erupted critical and popular disagreement on a scale that remains unmatched today.