Author John Green cited more or less clearly J. (corrected) D. Salinger, but also Kerouac etc. seem to have been read by the young writer more than once.
Quite an adult book.
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PS I wrote this for addressing fellow-Amazon Germany users, Hence in German. If you were looking for an English review, though, I would like to apologize for this inconvenience, hereby, and Briefly add but a word of recommendation: funny situations with striking, good and empathic insight into Colin Singleton, at over intellectual and worthy successor to Holden Caulfield (Catcher in the Rye).