The Afternoon Show | The Catcher in the Rye
Based on The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
This week, in honour of the centennial of the birth of J.D. Salinger in 1919, focusing on one of the greatest American novels of all time, The Catcher in the Rye - a classic coming-of-age story: an elegy to teenage alienation.
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World Book Club | The Catcher in the Rye
World Book Club discusses JD Salinger's 1951 classic novel The Catcher in the Rye with authors David Gilbert and Joanna Rakoff.
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Witness History | The Reclusive JD Salinger
It's 65 years since JD Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye was published. But as the book's fame grew, a reclusive Salinger eventually stopped publishing altogether.