Holden Caufield, the disaffected 16-year-old narrator of The Catcher in the Rye, might be literature’s most famous teenager—or at least one of literature’s best examples of teen angst. Recently expelled from prep school, Holden takes a train to New York City, where, through a series of encounters with friends, acquaintances, and strangers up and down the island, he struggles with feelings of alienation, isolation, and grief. The novel well-known for its language, Holden’s disdain for “phonies” chief among his memorable phrases: his candidness with its slang and profanity, lend the narration the very authenticity that Holden seeks.