The Catcher In the Rye by J. D. Salinger Paperback Book 9780241950432

Holden Caulfield is a dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school Navigating his way through challenges of growing up Holden dissects the phony aspects of society and the phonies themselves the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents his roommate who scores with girls using sicklysweet affection