An 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.
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. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.
Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from
To Kill a Mockingbird
some twenty years later. 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.
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. Moving,
funny and compelling, it stands as a magnificent novel in its own
right.
July 14th! Reserve your copy at after-words.