The Heirs to Holden Caulfield
Novelist Nathaniel Rich mourns the loss of a literary hero—and fantasizes about the books that Salinger was possibly writing all of these years.
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The unnamed narrator (Bright Lights, Big City)
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Max Fischer (Rushmore)
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Jim Stark (Rebel without a Cause)
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Igby Slocum (Igby Goes Down)
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Gene Forrester (A Separate Peace)
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Jess Mariano (Gilmore Girls)
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Lee Fiora (Prep)
Benjamin Braddock (The Graduate)
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Holden Worther (The Good Girl)
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Clay (Less Than Zero)
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Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
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Angela Chase (My So-Called Life)
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