He begins writing semi-anonymous letters, addressed to “dear friend”, he says in the hopes of reaching “someone out there listens and understands and doesn’t try to sleep with people even if they could have” (page 3). It was first published in 1999, and it’s set in the early years of that decade, beginning in 1991.Ĭharlie is the titular wallflower: a shy, introspective, socially awkward teen, just starting high-school as the story begins. The cover of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower promises “a deeply affecting coming-of-age story… in the tradition of The Catcher In The Rye“. (And one of the perks of using an affiliate link on this page to do so is that I’ll earn a small commission – thanks!) Buy The Perks Of Being A Wallflower here.
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