0The 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.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 10:57AM EDT / Published Jan. 28, 2010 10:33AM EST Everett Collection, The unnamed narrator (Bright Lights, Big City)Everett Collection Max Fischer (Rushmore)Everett Collection Jim Stark (Rebel without a Cause)AP Photo Igby Slocum (Igby Goes Down)Everett Collection Gene Forrester (A Separate Peace) Everett Collection Jess Mariano (Gilmore Girls)Everett Collection Lee Fiora (Prep) Benjamin Braddock (The Graduate)AP Photo Holden Worther (The Good Girl)Everett Collection Clay (Less Than Zero)Everett Collection Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)Everett Collection Angela Chase (My So-Called Life)Everett Collection Todd Anderson (Dead Poets’ Society)Everett Collection
The unnamed narrator (Bright Lights, Big City)Everett Collection Max Fischer (Rushmore)Everett Collection Jim Stark (Rebel without a Cause)AP Photo Igby Slocum (Igby Goes Down)Everett Collection Gene Forrester (A Separate Peace) Everett Collection Jess Mariano (Gilmore Girls)Everett Collection Lee Fiora (Prep) Benjamin Braddock (The Graduate)AP Photo Holden Worther (The Good Girl)Everett Collection Clay (Less Than Zero)Everett Collection Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)Everett Collection Angela Chase (My So-Called Life)Everett Collection Todd Anderson (Dead Poets’ Society)Everett Collection