Jerome D. Salinger: Catcher in the Rye
Already published in 1951, it’s still more than worth reading:
“Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with “cynical adolescent”. Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his 16-year-old life, just after he’s been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today and keeps this novel on banned book lists.” |source & more|
Bill Bryson: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid |more|
["Bill Bryson's first travel book opened with the immortal line, 'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.' In his deeply funny new memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, and the curious world of 1950s America. It was a happy time, when almost everything was good for you, including DDT, cigarettes and nuclear fallout - source ]
German translation was just published [Sep 07]: “Mein Amerika” | >> amazon.de |
All Mma Ramotswe books by Alexander McCall Smith >>author’s website
