Reclusive writers unite!

The Catcher in the Rye - Jerome David Salinger
Holden Caulfield, the quintessential-unintentional rebel; lover of books, fun, music and Phoebe. In the realm of first person narratives this is the king. It is hard to imagine that this book was written in the late 1940's, timeless is too soft of a word to express its depth, and biting too harsh a word to explain its exploration of youth. This is the book most every teenaged boy would write of his experiences were he familiar with the import of ancient works of literature and modern works of society as they related to his development, and will relate to his future. Different from the darker works of the 90's in which his ultimate downfall and self-destruction would have been laid out, but the seeds of this genre are planted with Catcher.
On a more personal and trivial note Salinger lived near to us in VT, and despite his reputation for being reclusive was once seen at one of our haunts and homeschooled a friend of ours. Also there is a song by semi-famous, semi-folky singers Harrod and Funck that is based on Catcher (Holding out for Holden).
Rating: A+
Related Works:
Red Sky at Morning - Richard Bradford

and of course: