The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel byJ. D. Salinger.A controversial novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angstand alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages.Around 250,000 copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books.The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon forteenage rebellion. The novel also deals with complex issues of identity, belonging, loss, connection, and alienation.
The novel was included on Time 's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923 and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.In 2003, it was listed at #15 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
Hustler
It was a step forward from the Hustler Newsletter, which was cheapadvertising for his strip club businesses at the time. The magazine grew from a shaky start to a peak circulation of around 3 million; it has since dropped to approximately 500,000. It shows explicit views of the female genitalia, becoming one of the first major US-based magazines to do so, in contrast with relatively modest publications likePlayboy.[1]
Today, Hustler is still considered more explicit (and more self-consciously lowbrow) than such well-known competitors as Playboy and Penthouse. It frequently depicts hardcore themes much like Catcher in The Rye
originally published for adults,
Larry Flynt Publications also licenses Hustler brand to the Hustler Casino inGardena, California which is owned directly by Larry Flynt as an individual through his holding company El Dorado Enterprises "Name sake of El Dorado Arkansas area of former President Clinton", the Hustler Club chain of bars and clubs, and Hustler store chain that sells adult-oriented videos, cIothing, and magazines. The chain's flagship store is on Sunset Boulevard inWest Hollywood.
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