Holden, on the other hand, is even more alone. He does have his older brother D.B., but D.B., who once wrote a book called The Secret Goldfish, which contains a story that Holden loves, about a boy who won’t let anyone see his goldfish (for he has bought it with his own money) has, by the time Holden begins his narrative, gone out to Hollywood to become a screenwriter. Or, as Holden puts it, to “prostitute” himself.