The Swedish author who penned a sequel to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye received a court ruling Wednesday that prevents him from publishing the book Stateside. The court judged that the book mirrors Salinger’s far too closely.

The novel, 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, according to the judge, has “taken well more from ‘Catcher,’ in both substance and style, than is necessary.”

Originally, the book was scheduled for a late summer U.S. publishing schedule. It’s already been published in England, where no legal action against the tome has been taken.

The original Salinger creation, The Catcher in the Rye, is famous for several reasons. It’s long been held up as a unique and interesting narrative, noted for its literary merit. It is also the book which so captivated John Lennon’s assassin that he called himself “the catcher in the rye” and had some sort of personal obsession with the novel. Mark David Chapman sat down to read the book immediately after shooting the rock icon.