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Madame Arcati posted:

I've read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' many times and it remains one of my favourite reads.  I didn't read 'Go Set a Watchman' when it was published recently and don't think I ever will now.

 

Atticus Finch is one of my literary heroes and I prefer to think of him as he was in 'Mockingbird'.

 

RIP, Harper Lee

I think that's very wise, Madame.

 

I've been trawling through a lot of old copies of Private Eye recently, and they pointed out in their review of "Go Set a Watchman"  that there were good reasons why it wasn't published at the time.

When Lee showed her manuscript to an editor, he was encouraging but told her that the best bits were the main character's flashbacks to her childhood, and if she reworked these on their own she could create something really good. That rework became "To Kill a Mockingbird"...

Eugene's Lair

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