Spielberg wanted to film Catcher In The Rye

Steven Spielberg wanted to direct a film based on the reclusive J D Salinger's novel Catcher In The Rye, but his offer was never even relayed to the author, according to a memoir that lifts the lid off Salinger’s secretive life.

Jaimie Clarke, who formerly worked at the office of Salinger’s agent, Phyllis Westberg, is peddling his book O What Fun We’ll Have! O The Times! Around New York publishing houses, reports the New York Post.