Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s long awaited new novel, is set during the mid-1950s & features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb in Alabama from New York to visit her father Atticus. She is forced to grapple with issues both personal & political as she tries to understand both her father`s attitude toward society, & her own feelings about the place where she was born & spent her childhood. Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding of Harper Lee. 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.