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60 Years Later (Paperback)

by John David California (Author)
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  • Paperback: 250 pages
  • Publisher: Windupbird Publishing (7 May 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 9185869546
  • ISBN-13: 978-9185869541
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 128,528 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Did I ever tell you about the catcher in the rye? I'm in a field. It's a gray day and only the very tips of the grasses move from side to side with the wind. It's like the ground is breathing. Nothing else is here but me and the field and I'm standing right in the beginning of it. Only when I begin to run do I know that's what I'm supposed to do. The rye is shoulder high and it parts to let me through. Loose pods fall off their stems and stick to my pants and arms, but I don't stop running. There's only the sky and the rye. Up there the sky, and to either side the golden brown rye. On a seemingly normal day Mr. C wakes up in a nursing home with an unnerving compulsion to flee his present situation. He boards a bus and embarks on a curious journey through the streets of New York. Sixty years after his debut as the great American antihero, Mr.C is yanked back onto the page without a goddamn clue why. 60 Years Later is an astonishing debut and a marvelous sequel to one of our most beloved classics.


About the Author

Born in California to a Swedish mother and an American father, where John David's parents were working for a traveling circus company, John David was named after the state in which he was born. John David's writing career started as a freelance travel writer for several international magazines, as well as several short film scripts. The former gravedigger and Ironman triathlete has been captivated by the story for years. After finding a well-travelled copy of The Catcher in the Rye in an abandoned cabin in rural Cambodia, the iconic characters within saw John through the most maniacal of tropical fevers and chronic isolation. Years later he was finally able to return the favour, holding the fate of Mr. C in his inspired hands with 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye.

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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars best sequel ever!!!!!!!, 10 Jun 2009

Though we all know sequels are inherently risky, (especially when the sequel is to J.D Salinger's great American novel A Catcher in the Rye) 60 Years Later is a compulsive read and an interesting debut. In reincarnating Holden Caulfield as Mr. C, California has provided many of us with a long awaited conclusion to one of literature's most intriguing stories. Entertaining, absorbing and ultimately satisfying, this is a remarkable story with one hell of a twist.
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8 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Despite the critisism, I loved this, 1 Jun 2009
Told in the first person, 60 Years Later is narrated by none other than Holden Caulfield -all grown up. We meet Mr. C (as the title would suggest) 60 years after his creation by the legendary J. D. Salinger. He seems as confused and bewildered as the reader is to be "yanked back onto the page", but John David California's treatment of this notorious character is both careful and amusing. We are led through the streets of New York and introduced to some idiosyncratic auxiliary characters as the fundamental question is posed: can a character have a life of its own? 60 Years Later is a great read, highly recommended.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, 9 Oct 2009
By Larry Lieberman "llieberman" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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Brought me back to my youth. It's a shame book sellers in the USA are not being allowed to carry this title.
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1.0 out of 5 stars No excuse for bad writing
I think this book can win a contest for the most poorly written "sequel" ever, and as we all know there are some pretty bad sequels out there already - but this one takes the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by reader

5.0 out of 5 stars A 'must read' for all afficionados of The Catcher in the Rye.
It was with trepidation that I picked up JD California's 60 Years Later. After all, Salinger's book is a masterpiece and, in my mind at least, will always remain an example of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Michael Barrie

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly enjoyable
As a writer myself, I've always found it close to impossible to set a character aside once a story has ended. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jamie Smith

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the most disappointing books ever
I just feel sympathy for J.D.Salinger. His prose is original, inventive, intellectual and compelling. Read more
Published 3 months ago by S. V. Rhodes

1.0 out of 5 stars Lacks Character Continuity
After much deliberation with myself, I decided to buy the book despite the controversy. As a massive fan of the Salinger original, I have always been interested in a sequel - but... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Alan Magor

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read!
As a writer myself, I've always found it close to impossible to set a character aside once a story has ended. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Vincent Max

1.0 out of 5 stars Salinger was right!
I'm usually not in favor of banned books in the U.S. (what were the last ones - LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER, ULYSSES??) and thought at first that "old"(90) J.D. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Edward A. Ring

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