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Salinger novel 'gives people a voice'

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American writer JD Salinger died this week, aged 91. His iconic novel Catcher in the Rye gave a voice to a generation of teenagers, when it was released in 1951.

Toby Litt, author and lecturer in creative writing at Birkbeck College, University of London, and Robert McCrum, associate editor at the Observer, discuss the influence of JD Salinger's writings.

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