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J. D. Salinger is fighting back, according to this article in the Celebrity Cafe: "Unlike Jane Austen, who can’t be around to fight off the droves of copycat authors who mooch off her story to write spin-offs and sequels, J.D. Salinger is still around to fight for his book’s good name."

Salinger is taking author John David to court to put a stop to a sequel that will "pay tribute" to Holden 60 years after Catcher in the Rye is set.

Rubbish, says Salinger, who states through his lawyer, “The sequel is not a parody and it does not comment upon or criticize the original. It is a rip-off pure and simple.”