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 and political turmoil that were transforming the South Jean Louises homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back and her values and 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 and a world in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past - a journey that can be guided only by ones own conscience. Written in the mid-1950s Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom humanity passion humour and effortless precision - a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and 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 and new meaning to a classic.
