Catcher in the Rye. The book famously mentions The Great Gatsby: “I was crazy about The Great Gatsby. Old Gatsby. Old sport. That killed me.” Christ-like dimensions to that figure too. The great American martyr. One is a phoney. One loathes phonies. #BookSky www.newstatesman.com/culture/2026...
The Catcher in the Rye still speaks to our profoundest desiresHolden Caulfield is a Christ-figure, half-human, half-divinewww.newstatesman.com