 In June 2009 , Salinger consulted lawyers about the upcoming publication in the US of an unauthorized sequel to The Catcher in the Rye written by Swedish book publisher Fredrik Colting under the pseudonym ' J. D. California ' . California 's book is called 60 Years Later : Coming Through the Rye , and appears to pick up the story of Salinger 's protagonist Holden Caulfield . In Salinger 's novel , Caulfield is 17 years old , wandering the streets of New York after being expelled from his private school ; the California book features a 76 @-@ year @-@ old man , " Mr. C " , musing on having escaped his nursing home . Salinger 's New York literary agent Phyllis Westberg told Britain 's Sunday Telegraph : " The matter has been turned over to a lawyer " . The fact that little was known about Colting and the book was set to be published by a new publishing imprint called ' Windupbird Publishing ' gave rise to speculation in literary circles that the whole thing might be a stunt . District court judge Deborah A. Batts issued an injunction which prevents the book from being published within the U.S. The book 's author filed an appeal on July 23 , 2009 ; it was heard in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on September 3 , 2009 . The case was settled in 2011 when Colting agreed not to publish or otherwise distribute the book , e @-@ book , or any other editions of 60 Years Later in the U.S. or Canada until The Catcher in the Rye enters the public domain , while also refraining from using the title " Coming through the Rye " , dedicating the book to Salinger or referring to the title " The Catcher in the Rye " , while Colting remains free to sell the book in other international territories without fear of interference . 
