{Salinger's} words even have the power to transfigure some readers’ lives, at least once with horrible consequences. On 8 December 1980 Mark David Chapman associated Holden’s view of “phonies” with John Lennon. After assassinating the former Beatle across the street from Central Park, Chapman sat down, pulled out a copy of Catcher and waited for the police to arrive.
John Wenke, Salisbury University, "Salinger, J. D. " in The Literary Encyclopedia [online database] Profile first published 17/9/2004 [cited 23 Oct. 2005]; available from World Wide Web @ http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3915
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