A federal judge in New York has blocked publication in the U.S. of a book claiming to be a sequel to J.D. Salinger’s famous “The Catcher in the Rye.”

Here’s the word from the Associated Press:

“U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts issued her ruling in Manhattan after hearing arguments in a lawsuit brought by the 90-year-old reclusive author against the publishers of “60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye.”

“Batts said Swedish author Fredrik Colting’s claim that he wrote the new book to critically examine Salinger’s most famous character, Holden Caulfield, was “problematic and lacking in credibility.”

“She also rejected arguments that a character in Colting’s book that was meant to represent Caulfield 60 years later was a parody.

“‘ The court finds that ’60 Years’ contains no reasonably perceived parodic character as to “Catcher” and Holden Caulfield,’ Batts wrote.

“She said in a footnote that Colting and his publishers made no indication before the lawsuit was filed that the book was meant as a parody or critique of Salinger’s work.

” ‘Quite to the contrary, the original jacket of “60 Years” states that it is “… a marvelous sequel to one of our most beloved classics,” ‘ the judge noted.”

Would anyone really want to read “60 Years” anyway?