After being expelled from prep school, 16-year-old Holden Caulfield spends a weekend in New York City, desperately searching for a genuine connection. Holden wanders Manhattan, struggling with grief and alienation, railing against adult "phoniness", and more. This coming of age story is a classic, exploring the transition from youth to adulthood, and the desire to protect one's youthful innocence. This book was published in March, 1952. The dust jacket has tearing on the spine, and bumping along the corners.