Re: First Catcher Memories

Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:49:45 +1000

I first encountered it in my school library (who had obviously been tended
by a big Salinger fan at one point because all the books were there and
even Salinger: A Critical And Personal Portrait - and this library was only
one room in size!) I thought `Well, I'll read the first sentence and see if
it catches me.' Needless to say, it did, straight away. I was sixteen at
the time. I've never had an experience with a book where it has seemed more
real; where time seemed to be passing at such a real rate and I felt so
immersed in the events. Truly a life defining event. I bought my best
friend a copy and naturally it wasn't long before we were refering to our
friends as `Old Johnny, the bastard' (:

Camille 
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