When tinfoil hats aren't enough-- Holden Caulfield and The Catcher in the Rye.

[Taltarzac725]

How many TOTVers have a copy of The Catcher in the Rye in their library?? Holden Caulfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Caulfield) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye

This book supposedly turns up in a lot in the thinking of various crackpots-- John Hinckley, Jr. and Mark David Chapman, for instance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_David_Chapman. It also shows up in the Mel Gibson/Julia Roberts movie Conspiracy Theory. Of course, so many people have read this book that the same argument probably could be made of other books that show up in any crackpot's library and thinking like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

No. I do not have a copy of this book in my own library. Do have Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet though. Probably three or four copies in various books.

[Villages PL]

I don't have a copy but I read it about 50 years ago.

[Taltarzac725]

I don't have a copy but I read it about 50 years ago.

I read it too probably about 35 years ago though. Have not been in any hurry to reread this one.

Recently watched most of the Thames Romeo and Juliet DVD which seems to have every word of the Shakespeare play in it. Very tough watching this one as the acting is exceptional.

[zcaveman]

Catcher in the Rye is on my long list of books to read. One of these days I will get around to it.

[mac9]

Did we ever find out what happens to the ducks in Central Park in the winter?:loco:

[Taltarzac725]

Did we ever find out what happens to the ducks in Central Park in the winter?:loco:

Do not think so.

SparkNotes: The Catcher in the Rye: Themes, Motifs & Symbols (http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catcher/themes.html)

Looking at SparkNotes on Catcher in the Rye I can see why this book would appeal to people who feel like strangers in the real world.