THE RECLUSE CAUGHT
Long ago forgot the text, never forgot the tone; Holden Caulfield's petulant whining as real as pain.
Long ago forgot the text, never forgot the tone; Holden Caulfield's petulant whining as real as pain.
The chronicles of Ruin, continued. Call me Ishmael said....intelligence is knowing what to do when you don't know what to do. Anonymous said... When I don't know what to do,I come here. 10 September 2009 22:59
4 comments:
To live to the age of 91, he must have done something right?
Yes, with a bit of luck, what he did right was not to be Extensible 'Tony' Blair or Mrs Straw's Stretchable Boy.
Petulant whining?
Maybe. But it didn't seem like that at the time, and for quite a while when I was about 11 I was more than slightly in love with Holden, though perhaps even more with the ever-absent Seymour.
I meant it in the nicest possible way, mrs n; it was a constant whinge wasn't it, rather like here.
Oh yes, loved this too, blew me away that books could be like this (aged 14?) Made a refreshing change from other books that are supposed to be about young people like Lord of the Flies. I
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