The catcher in the rye... that's all I really want to be... - J. D. Salinger
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The catcher in the rye... that's all I really want to be...
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J. D. Salinger
Jerome David Salinger (1 January 1919 – 27 January 2010) was an American author, most famous for his novel The Catcher in the Rye.
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