{"product_id":"the-catcher-in-the-rye-9780241950432","title":"The Catcher in the Rye","description":"\u003cp\u003eWitty, wise and bittersweet, The Catcher in the Rye is the ultimate American coming-of-age novel - a timeless classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's Christmas and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school. Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters - shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe city is beautiful and terrible, in all its neon loneliness and seedy glamour, its mingled sense of possibility and emptiness. Holden passes through it like a ghost, thinking always of his kid sister Phoebe, the only person who really understands him, and his determination to escape the phonies and find a life of true meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye is an all-time classic coming-of-age story: an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and the bewildering sense of loss as we leave childhood behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: J.D. Salinger\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 Mar 2010 by Penguin Books Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"J.D. Salinger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320803041658,"sku":"9780241950432","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780241950432.jpg?v=1790662037","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-catcher-in-the-rye-9780241950432","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}