The Catcher in the Rye book features a hero-narrator who is an ancient child of sixteen and New York native named Holden Caulfield Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories - particularly a perfect day for banana fish, Uncle Wiggily's in Connecticut, the laughing man, and for Esme with love and squalor Made of paper with leather hardcover 227 pages Made in USA from imported materials