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mk  ·  2851 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Books you just couldn't fucking get into?

Catcher in the Rye is a fantastic book, abused by high schools across the nation.

Read his Nine Stories as a primer. Franny and Zooey is better than Catcher, IMO, but you need to be digging Salinger's shtick in the first place.