Salinger

What is J.D. Salinger's deal?  I don't understand how people could consider this guy an even passably good writer.  I read 'Catcher in the Rye' years ago and thought it was mundane drivel.  Made it through a few of the Nine Stories thinking, "Alright, maybe Catcher was crap, but this guy is supposed to be good.  I'll give it another try."  Nada.  Now, for lack of something else, I'm making another fruitless forray into fiction with 'Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters'.  More garbage.  Now, I know what you're thinking, "Hey Cavutto, his stuff is supposed to suck.  You wouldn't understand.  You don't get it."  Yeah.  You're probably right.  I don't get how thoughtless crap can be considered good.  It's the literary equivalent of modern 'art'.  A bunch of hacks who couldn't cut it as real artists. 

But then again, I just don't get it.