The Catcher in the Rye Condition:Good he found himself staring at

he found himself staring at a cliff-edge about to jump off

He himself spoke candidly about the people he worked with and competed against

perfectionism

"Lydia is dead

and Xunzi (Hsun Tzu)

The Catcher in the Rye Condition:Good he found himself staring atSince its publication in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye follows Holden Caulfield as he narrates a couple of days in his life as a sixteen year old, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slangy voice that keeps this novel on banned book lists. It begins, "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born