JD Salinger - the 90 year old author of The Catcher In The Rye - has filed a law suit in the US claiming that a new book called '60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye' infringes his copyright in the original novel and in its protagonist Houlden Caulfield. The new book, written by John David California, follows a similar thread to the original. It charts Caulfield's journey as he leaves a retirement home (a prep school in the original) and explores New York and his own state of mind. JD Salinger's suit claims that he has always resisted any requests for rights to produce a film or create a sequel to The Catcher In The Rye. A quote from the author states: 'There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.' JD Salinger claims that the right to create any derivative works or to use the character of Holden Caulfield is the right of JD Salinger and his alone. His law suit alleges that the new creation 'is a rip-off pure and simple'. The new book was due to be published in the US in September and is already on sale in the UK.
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