J. D. Salinger

Story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.

"Presents nine short stories by twentieth-century American author J.D. Salinger, most shadowed by the legacy of war." *** "This collection of stories deals mainly with sensitive and troubled adolescents and children."