Jerome David

Recently I got hold of one of the masterpieces by Jerome David Salinger, better known as J D Salinger. The book I am talking about is "The Catcher in the Rye". I had heard a lot about this book and had always wanted to own a copy of it. Neverthless, I had no idea about what it was all about. I even went to the bookshop and tried to purchase this book, but I had to postpone my decision as it was worth 500 INR or something and I was not loaded that much at that point of time. My flatmate, who is not such an avid reader but he is trying to be (lol) bought this book from a road side vendor. It was a second hand copy and not a pirated one, mind you. It was in perfect condition except one of the pages in the middle was torn a bit.
SO I was talking about this book. You know I got this book and started reading it and man it was unstoppable. It was like a flowing river, which has no intention of stopping. Moreover you were enjoying the flow and you never wanted it to come to a halt. Holden Caulfield, oh what an extraordinary portrayl of a character. The story was unfolding so smoothly and so detailed that it got a hold of you. I had finished half of it by the time I felt that I cant keep myself awake anymore as I had to be in office the next morning. Ya it was Sunday night.
The next thing I did was, the very next morning I searched every thing about J D Salinger, his work, his life and damn everything about the master storyteller.
I was amused to know that the author himself was so close to Holden, at least I think so. His life story was in itself a fascinating one and I would like to go for his biography kinda thing.
I downloaded all his short stories which he wrote and are available on net, And I got almost all of them. I am reading most of them and had almost completed them.
A serious suggestion for book lovers, go for it, if you havent.