The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger About Author: Jerome David Salinger ( January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American writer best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye . Before its publication, Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine and served in World War II. In 1948, his critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bannerfish" appeared in The New Yorker, which published much of his later work. Summary: This is a story about a boy named Holden Caulfield. He just got kicked out of another all-boy's school called Pencey. He comes from a wealthy family with a lawyer father, nagging mother, a brother who is a Hollywood writer, a brother who died, and an intelligent sister. Holden really doesn't like phonies, which is basically all types of people that annoy him. So, he leaves Pencey hating most, if not all, of the people there. He can't go home because he doesn't want to tell his parents...
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