Paul Christopher , J. D. Salinger ' s Holden Caulfield , and J. P. Donleavy ' s Sebastion Dangerfield in The Ginger Man ( 1955 ) are among the post-World War II literary heroes who have stymied Hollywood efforts to depict them.see J.P. Donnelley , 91 , Author Who Stirred Controversy With ' Ginger Man , ' Dies , The New York Times , September 14 , 2017 .