The Catcher in the Rye, by Jerome David Salinger, is about this young boy named Holden Caulfield. This novel takes place in New York in the1950s. Holden is a pessimist who hates almost everyone and everything. He feels everyone around him is a phony. Holden is kicked out of his boarding school and fears going home so he wanders around New York city for a few days. Holden is trying to find himself and avoid the consequences of becoming an adult.
"If a body catch a body coming through the rye."
- The Catcher in the Rye