Part one of term paper
So where do the Ducks go in the Winter? It seems that serial killers have great taste in literature. Just go read their favorite books. There isn't a Richard Bach or Harlequin Romance fan amongst them. Out of a morbid curiosity I read something that is said to have influenced Charles Manson (Stranger in a Strange Land) and I find the answers ...

Part two of term paper
... the book preferred 9 times out of ten by whackos, serial killers, and disgruntled teenagers. (ok, there's not much difference in those categories but bear with me.) John Lennon was killed to promote this book. John Hinkley may have been trying to impress Jody Foster, but he was also a big Catcher in the Rye fan. The level of general craziness surrounding this book is so bad that Conspiracy Theory made it the running joke, even tracking Mel Gibson by monitoring purchases of The Catcher in the Rye. ...