unless another surprise for readers lies somewhere in her files, this publication intensifies the regret that Harper Lee published so little. Regardless of whether the new book is regarded as Mockingbird 2 or Mockingbird 1.0, it is, in most respects, a new work, and a pleasure, revelation and genuine literary event. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. While there can be no doubt that the editorial attention given to Mockingbird made the narrative more gripping – the new publication has no equivalent climax to the courtroom drama of the Robinson trial – it can also be accused of having liberally (in two senses) sanitised the contents. Harper Lee’s recently discovered novel, Go Set a Watchman, has set the l. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor and effortless precisiona profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. The shift in Atticus's attitudes proves to be nuanced and rooted in the deep political complexities of the south – which New York editors may reasonably have thought too obscure for a broader audience – but their excision significantly altered the story. Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Mark Lawson wrote in a review for The Guardian that Watchman is more complex than Mockingbird (though he also feels it is less compelling):
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