From the archives: J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye"

Never really a fan of "Catcher" but his "9 Stories" are in my opinion some of the best short stories ever written.

The mention of his history during WW2 brings some insights into his curious personality. Any one of us experiencing that horror would have become cynical to the point of becoming stunted in our normal functions. Certainly, in his case, his social skills went out the window. // The emphasis on this one book completely misrepresents the literary contribution that Salinger made. Many adults know the book "Franny and Zooey" (there are others about the Glass family) and they would dismiss the facile evaluation of Salinger based on this one book.

Its sad people won't respect his privacy.

Reading the comments I have to shake my head...get off the surface people. This man suffered from who knows what, PtSD for sure, and had a heartbreaking voice in this crazy world. It's always worth going below the surface. That's where the true stories are. Thanks for this. I was a child of the time and could feel everything that Salerno was seeing. It's a shame that he had to spend $2million to tell Salinger's story that he really didn't want to be told.

I can’t wait to see this and to read the companion book. Exciting news, indeed!

Catcher was my favorite book in high school. I had undiagnosed bipolar depression, anxiety, etc. So I definitely related to the angst of Caufield.

Masterpiece....Catcher in the Rye ❤...thank you

Strange there is no mention about "the offender"/(Lennon Assasination). That's what many refer to. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm sure 10 minutes on the internet can educate you. Someone actually has the copy he left behind at the scene. This book was one on the "Summer reading list" that I actually read, and liked, when I was 13.

Did sunday morning even air on July 14th. Why wasn't there the almanac or passages segment?❤😢

Holden Caulfield suffered from PTSD. Nobody ever gets that, or they dont want to get it.

CBS Sunday Morning is great ! It is just one of the things that remind me how great America is.Right F*CKING ON USA

loved this report.

I need to take him to a BASEBALL GAME

I read Catcher while in high school in the late 70s. It was required reading. Honestly, I don’t remember anything about the book.

2015??!!!

Great report, now off to watch the Documentary!

It's sad that it needs to be pointed out that Catcher in the Rye was written at a time when many Americans, especially young people, were emotionally struggling with the loss of fathers, brothers, uncles, and cousins during WWII. Holden's struggle with his denial of his brother's death was something many could identify with at that time, and, unfortunately, many more would identify with given the Korean and Vietnam wars. But as America has known nothing but peace and tranquility since the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, this book has evidently lost any and all meaning.

I read his daughters book Dream Catcher. It is a true horror story. This was a sick man.

dude looks like Adam Driver

I tried to read this book several times and couldn’t finish it. 😢