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Title: Holden Caulfield Grows Up
Review: I loved this book and it reminded me of The Catcher in the Rye except William tells the reader "all that David Copperfield crap". It also parallels Catcher in the Rye in that the ending was unresolved and it left me feeling somewhat unsatisfied. Despite the ending I truly enjoyed the rest of the novel. Anastas wonderful metaphors and the insights into all of the characters (especially Clive) were superb. My favorite part of the book is his term paper where he clarified the differance between underachievers and "younger slower brothers of Southern Presidents, like Billy Carter and Roger Clinton." According to William," These gentlemen do the best with whatever genetic leftovers they've been given, while the underachiever is entrusted with a master key to opportunity's home office, and misplaces it." I sympathize with William as I too am an underachiever (too a much lesser degree).
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