J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951) is about a teenage boy, Holden Caulfield, who recounts a few days in his life before the previous Christmas, including his having been expelled from hisprep school. Showcasing his confusion and disillusionment, Holden desperately searches for truth among the “phonies” of the world, which causes him to become increasingly unstable emotionally. The novel’s events are related by Holden after the fact from what is implied to be a sanatorium.
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