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.