From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch
- ` Scout`
- returns home from New York City to visit her ageing father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions & political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise`s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town & the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, & her values & assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, & a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past
- a journey that can be guided only by one`s own conscience. Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding & appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humour & effortless precision
- a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era & relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context & new meaning to a classic.