catcher and the rye
... It was in this section of New York City that Salinger was to locate the apartment of the Caulfields in The Catcher in the Rye. ... From 1940 to 1953 he published thirteen short stories and one novel, The Catcher in the Rye (1951). ... The Catcher in the Rye has remained a novel taught in classrooms across the country despite its distinction of being one of the most censored books of the last fifty years. ... The first step in reviewing criticism of The Catcher in the Rye is to study the author himself. ... The Catcher in the Rye was his first step onto the literary playing field.