J. D. Salinger (1919-2010)

Catcher in the Rye

First sentence:

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing

you'll probably want to know is where I was born,

and what my lousy childhood was like,

and how my parents were occupied and all

before they had me, and all that

David Copperfield kind of crap, but I

don't feel like going into it, if you want

to know the truth.