shop, then quits, and then goes to work as an unarmed security guard at a high-rise apartment chapman identifies closely with the books protagonist, and one who rails against the phonies he encounters. chapman claims that by the summer of 1980, he was coming unhinged. >> j.d. salinger who has been reclusive for years wrote "the catcher in the rye" and read by and admired by millions, and wonders what he must be thinking watching this? >> in 1992, larry king interviewed mark henry chapman via prison. >> mark, why are you blaming a book? >> i am blaming myself for calling inside of the book. i want to say that j.d. salinger and "catcher in the rye" did not cause me to kill someone. to kill john len none.