the Catcher in the Rye

the Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger, copyright 1945, 1946, 1951

Story is fiction written in the words of a 16 year old boy who is dropped out of a Pennsylvania prep school because of his failure in everything except English.  Highly recommended and a very successful book.  Catcher in the Rye is mentioned briefly only twice in the story, near the middle and near the end. That phrase refers to a song: "If a Body Meets a Body Coming Through the Rye" by Robert Burns.
I dislike the story very much and consider it a waste of my time to have read it.
My main dislike is the use of so many swear words by the boy,  at least a half dozen or more on every page. A review in Wikipedia refers to it as: "1940's New York vernacular." To top if off almost all activities or other actions have the words "and all" attached to the end of the sentence.  Did they talk like that in the 1940's in New York?


Completed reading on Sunday, February 26, 2017.