lies both in its depiction of Jean Louise reckoning with her father's beliefs, and in the manner by which it integrates those beliefs into the Atticus we know., captures some of the same small-town Southern humor and preoccupation with America's great struggle: race., '.the voice we came to know so well in To Kill a Mockingbird - funny, ornery, rulebreaking - is right here in Go Set a Watchman, too, as exasperating and captivating as ever.', captures some of the same small-town Southern humor and preoccupation with America's great struggle: race., ' Go Set a Watchman 's greatest asset may be its role in sparking frank discussion about America's woeful track record when it comes to racial equality.', ' Brilliant Book That Ruthlessly Examines Race Relations, contains the familiar pleasures of Ms. Lee's writing- the easy, drawling rhythms, the flashes of insouciant humor, the love of anecdote.', A deftly written taleâ€¦ there's something undeniably comforting and familiar about sinking into Lee's prose once again., Lee's ability with description is evidentâ€¦ with long sentences beautifully rendered and evoking a world long lost to history, but welcoming all the same., The success of Go Set a Watchman. Moving, funny and compelling, it stands as a magnificent novel in its own right.ĭon't let 'Go Set a Watchman' change the way you think about Atticus Finchâ€¦the hard truth is that a man such as Atticus, born barely a decade after Reconstruction to a family of Southern gentry, would have had a complicated and tortuous history with race., ' contains the familiar pleasures of Ms. Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid-1950s America, Go Set a Watchman casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lee's enduring classic.

Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch-Scout-struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her. Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later.

Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.

Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird.

A historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee