#1 New York Times Bestseller
"Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most
important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades...
-- New York Times (Opinion Pages)
A landmark novel by Harper Lee, set two decades after her beloved
Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch--"Scout"--returns home to Maycomb,
Alabama from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set
against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and 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, 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 only be guided by one's own conscience.
Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer
understanding and appreciation of the late Harper Lee. Here is an
unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, 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 an American classic.
