Author:J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection.
Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in conventional terms, there is hardly any plot at all). Salinger's style creates an effect of conversation, it is as though Holden is speaking to you personally, as though you too have seen through the pretences of the American Dream and are growing up unable to see the point of living in, or contributing to, the society around you.
Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood, it deals with society, love, loss, and expectations without ever falling into the clutch of a cliche.
A modern Paradise Lost
—— Washington PostLavish description, rapid narrative, gorgeous costume, and larger-than-life heroes, all against the biggest concept of them all: immortality
—— GuardianStartling, fiendish, compelling
—— New York Daily NewsRice's most passionate and inventive work since Interview With the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity and tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as modern as today's religious strife
—— Mikal Gilmore , Rolling StoneA wondrous, romantic tale, fuelled by mystery and superstitition as well as by the recipes that introduce each chapter
—— Los Angeles TimesExuberant... for those who like their wines full-bodied and their meals rich and zesty... earthly secrets of strength, suffering, passion and cooking in a humorous and well-drawn portrait of a woman who loves as well as she cooks
—— Washington PostSubverts macho morality with refreshingly unexpected narrative twists magical realism... pacing that rivals Romancing the Stone
—— Maureen FreelyAn enchanting book, an open-eyed fairy story
—— Barbara TrapidoWonderful... hard to put down... it is rare to come across a book so unusual
—— Steve Vines , South China Morning PostA book of great maturity, beautifully alive to the fragility of happiness and all forms of violence... Everyone should read Saturday
—— Financial TimesThe supreme novelist of his generation
—— Sunday TimesDazzling... Profound and urgent
—— ObserverA brilliant novel.It is McEwan writing on absolute top form
—— Daily MailRefreshing and engrossing, dense with revelation. Superb
—— Independent on SundayA rich book, sensuous and thoughtful... McEwan has found in Saturday the right form to showcase his dazzling talents
—— The TimesMcEwan is word-perfect at handling the awkward comedy of this relationship and, as ever, turning it into something far more disturbing
—— ObserverTwo characters so vibrant they step straight off the page
—— Yvonne Cassidy , The TabletMcEwan's brilliance as a novelist lies in his ability to isolate discrete moments in life and invest them with incredible significance
—— Tim Adams , ObserverMcEwan's style is lean and clear...every sentence feels carefully crafted, the words all perfectly in place
—— John Harding , Daily MailA tightly focused human drama... McEwan gives the reader access to both characters' thoughts with his usual skill, and the comedy of embarrassment, or of the kind of erotic misunderstanding that Milan Kundera used to specialise in, quickly disappears as the marital bed begins to seem more and more ominous... The bedroom scene itself is carried off brilliantly
—— Christopher Taylor , Sunday TelegraphA fine book, homing in with devastating precision on a kind of Englishness which McEwan understands better than any other living writer, the Englishness of deceit, evasion, repression and regret. In On Chesil Beach McEwan has combined the intensity of his narrowly focused early work with his more expansive later flowered to devastating effect
—— Justin Cartwright , Independent on SundayMcEwan is the kind of author who can say more in a sentence than most can say in a chapter...This is a thoughtful book which provokes thought. But more immediately than that, this is a book which, while managing to be very funny, gives us a wonderful and moving portrait of a specific time, and two of its hostages, and of how to make a mess of love
—— Keith Ridgeway , Irish TimesMcEwan conveys the near-numinous significance of a single moment with quiet, almost unbearable grace
—— MetroA heavenly read
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