Since the book's publication in 1951, J.D. Salinger's seminal work has been banned, criticized, and feared. Catcher is antisocial, anti-authority, anti-convention, and anti-establishment. It's punk rock. Adults hated it, but the kids loved it...

Useful Companions (Improve Your Education and This Podcast by Buying a Book):

• The Catcher in the Rye (https://amzn.to/2Y8ZW3S) by J.D. Salinger


• Where the Wild Things Are (http://amzn.to/1X5mz6i) by Maurice Sendak


• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (http://amzn.to/2kXdKvm) by Lewis Carroll


• The Myth of Sisyphus (https://amzn.to/2xbfyIo) by Albert Camus


• Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion (https://amzn.to/2Y6r1Vc) by Paul Bloom

Music

• Theme – Chosen by Ross Bugden

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