A classic writer, a mystery writer, who at the peak of his career announced his retirement from literature and settled in a remote American province, far from worldly temptations. He left us in 2010...Salinger's only novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” became a turning point in the history of world literature. The title of the book and the name of the main character, Holden Caulfield, have become codes for many generations of young rebels, from beatniks and hippies to representatives of modern radical youth movements.