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NEW YORK — J.D. Salinger is taking another fan to court. The 90-year-old creator of “The Catcher in the Rye” is seeking an injunction against the writer, publishers and distributor of a spinoff of the novel.
Lawyers for Salinger filed the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan on Monday, seeking to stop publication of “60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye,” by someone writing under the name John David California. It also seeks unspecified damages.
In “60 Years Later,” a character much like original protagonist Holden Caulfield is 76 years old, an escapee from a retirement home and identified as “Mr. C.” The Associated Press
