tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post5312598529196864647..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Holden Caulfield’s Christmas Prequel to ‘Catcher in the Rye’ mybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-71203743937005511802016-12-27T11:21:31.318-06:002016-12-27T11:21:31.318-06:00I didn't *like* HC, but I *understood* him. W...I didn't *like* HC, but I *understood* him. When I read "Catcher," in 1961 or 1962, I was a kid growing up in Indianapolis, a place which seemed to me to be a wasteland populated by hypocrites. So I understood the basis for HC's words and actions, even when he seemed to me to be as hypocritical as some of the people he was condemning.Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-47882104658209132222016-12-26T23:21:33.556-06:002016-12-26T23:21:33.556-06:00Hated Holden when I read Catcher in the Rye. After...Hated Holden when I read <b>Catcher in the Rye</b>. After reading <b>Nine Stories</b> some years later, I concluded Salinger hated Holden far more than I ever could...Lawrence Personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493681072688769205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-29492896189185383982016-12-26T22:28:05.970-06:002016-12-26T22:28:05.970-06:00The Glass Family stories are the largest inspirati...The Glass Family stories are the largest inspiration for director Wes Anderson's THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS of course.<br />(Rick Libott)Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363685364481896091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-81447911322338484882016-12-26T22:21:05.247-06:002016-12-26T22:21:05.247-06:00I know the failure is mine but Holden has always r...I know the failure is mine but Holden has always rubbed me the wrong way. Even when I first read RYE when I was in junior high (middle school) I thought Holden was the biggest phony in the book. I loved the Glass family chronicles though....<br />(Rick Libott)Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363685364481896091noreply@blogger.com