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Put an end to the Catcher in the Rye sequel
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by generaldecay | May 14, 2009 at 06:09 am
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Oh dear Lord, no! The world's most annoying protagonist - Holden Caulfield - is on his way back. Spare us, please!
Written by the improbably named John David California, 60 Years Later Coming Through the Rye, is a "sequel" to The Catcher in the Rye, taking up the story of the world's most celebrated non-wizard teenager when he is 76.
When I started reading Catcher in the Rye , I was very excited about becoming immersed in the legendary novel. I was only about 20 pages in when I realised that I hated everything about it, particularly the main character, Holden Caulfield. This might have been because I was a teenager myself when I read the novel, and I know I would never have been friends with him, but it was mostly because I knew he was an annoying little toad.
So I largely agree with this blogger:
For the record, I am no huge fan of The Catcher in the Rye. In fact, to me, it's nothing more than a great opening line spoiled by 200-odd pages of sebum squeezing.
Indeed! And now there's a sequel (although not by Sallinger, obviously).
60 Years Later Coming Through the Rye might be brilliant. It could be that missing Salinger novel that so many people have craved. Or it might be a flimsy, cheap, attention-seeking piece of opportunistic schlock clinging with whitened knuckles to the coattails of literary greatness. Either way – and I think we've all got a pretty good idea of how it's likely to turn out.
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at 01:18 on May 15th, 2009
know what they say! always room for improvement.
at 15:13 on August 5th, 2009
I loved catcher in the rye. The book is like nothing you read nowdays. I really connected with the main character Holden. A sequel may not be the best idea, but i would love to find out what happened to him.