Holden Caulfield’s Christmas Prequel to ‘Catcher in the Rye’

Before J.D. Salinger’s iconic teenaged character ever appeared in the author’s most famous novel, he was the protagonist of a Christmas short story in The New Yorker.

Nicolaus Mills

Published Dec. 25 2016 12:01AM EST 

Nicolaus Mills

nmills@sarahlawrence.edu

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