![]() ![]() So Harper Lee put this version to one side and wrote a whole new novel which then became "To Kill A Mockingbird."ĬHARLES SHIELDS: I am vindicated. Hohoff asked her to effectively write another novel but told from the point of view of the central character, Jean Louise, as a young girl. Burnham says Harper Lee originally submitted this manuscript to Tay Hohoff, an editor at Lippincott, her original publisher.īURNHAM: And Ms. NEARY: Burnham says this novel reads like a sequel to "To Kill A Mockingbird." It is set 20 years after the events in that book when Jean Louise - better known as Scout - returns to her home town in Alabama for a visit. ![]() I mean, people have waited - have speculated for a long time about there being another possible novel, and it's a wonderful surprise that the new novel turns out to be one that was written before "Kill A Mockingbird" but actually revisits the same story. Jonathan Burnham of Harper Publishing, which acquired the rights to the book, called it a remarkable literary event. LYNN NEARY, BYLINE: Harper Lee thought the manuscript was lost, but her lawyer unearthed it late last year. ![]() As NPR's Lynn Neary reports, "Go Set A Watchman" was actually written before her best-seller. Until now, she had only published one book, the much-loved classic "To Kill A Mockingbird." Her second novel comes out in July. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that there are no second acts in American lives, but 88-year-old Harper Lee is challenging that idea. ![]()
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