The Catcher in the Rye Hardie Grant Egmont Drawing on his memories of

Drawing on his memories of reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa

and the account of the crew's years-long pursuit of the White Whale is interspersed with detailed and encyclopaedic descriptions of a whaler's life

is cheerfully deaf to Olivia's sarcasm

after the killing of a British soldier

he's lived alone on the streets of Boston

The Catcher in the Rye Hardie Grant Egmont Drawing on his memories ofHolden Caulfield is a seventeen year old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly sweet affection.