The Catcher in the Rye: "Ask her if she still keeps all her

The Catcher in the Rye: "Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row"

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Penn is joined by her high school buddy Rusty as they reread a true adolescent classic "The Catcher in the Rye" by JD Salinger. Holden Caulfield is on the lookout for phonies and sees them everywhere. This doesn't of course, keep him from conversing with them, I swear to God.

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