This week I am talking with librarian James Hudson about The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, an American classic and a book that had a huge impact on James as a teenager. We recorded this episode on St. Patrick’s Day, and decided to celebrate with a Guinness Beer, probably the least phony beer out there and hopefully a choice Holden would respect.

In this episode

The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

Various Catcher in the Rye covers

Papyrus SNL skit

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Coming thro’ the Rye poem by Robert Burns

Rushmore film by Wes Anderson

The Royal Tenenbaums film by Wes Anderson