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I first read The Catcher in the Rye in my teens, and it is without doubt the book I return to and re-read in full the most. I read it three times in succession before I sat down to write my novel "Soothing Music for Stray Cats"... to animate myself... to get the courage to begin... and after that crazy but wonderful repetitive reading the main character, Holden, had practically become my buddy.
...about a month ago I met a teenager who asked me if I was a writer... we talked, I asked what her favourite book was, she said 'JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye'...so how about that... first published in 1951... it still works after all this time JD... even for the younger ones. -Anyway, I suggested to the girl that she might want to read 'Franny and Zooey' next - well, read all of Salinger! He didn't publish that much, and those nice slim volumes are something special... p127 of 'Franny and Zooey' is a particular favourite... -anyway, in that brief conversation... as Holden would say "I felt so damn happy" so, thank you, JD.
Salinger was a legend in his own lifetime... lived until he was 91... way to go, sir, way to go.
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