The Big Read: Battle of the Books | Catcher in the Rye v On the Road

Duration: 28'39''

Synopsis

Sandi Toksvig hosts discussion with John Walsh and Ian MacMIllian on relative merits of J.D Salinger's Catcher in the Rye and Jack Kerouac's On the Road.

Further Information
Other Archive resources
The Catcher in the Rye  | BBC World Service | 2015

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.
The Catcher in the Rye  | BBC World Service | 2016

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.