Catcher waves goodbye

I felt as sorry as hell to hear the news. With a minimum of fanfare, J D Salinger, the creator of Holden Caulfield, is no more.

The Catcher in the Rye, and his earlier novels, have already shot up the Amazon sales charts with up to 3000 per cent increases.

There are a rumoured fifteen unpublished Salinger novels locked up in a vault. Now that the famously reclusive writer has passed away, what's the betting his Estate will allow publication of his work? If the publishing trade has its way (specifically literary agent Andrew 'The Jackal' Wylie), the first of these books would appear before the end of the year, probably in time for Christmas.

And it's a no-brainer for Hollywood to try to adapt The Catcher in the Rye now there is no obstacle to do so.