Three J.D. Salinger Stories ‘Leaked’ Online

One story, not to be published until 2060, is believed to be one of his greatest unpublished works

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Three unpublished J.D. Salinger stories have been posted to a file-sharing website in defiance of the author’s wishes, USA Today reports.

Salinger donated the three stories — The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls, Paula, and Birthday Boy — to research libraries under the stipulation that they remain unpublished until decades after his death. That stipulation was defied by an anonymous uploader, who claimed to have found the illegal copy on eBay.

The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls, is believed to be one of Salinger’s greatest unpublished works and a precursor to The Catcher in the Rye.

[USA Today]