{"product_id":"go-set-a-watchman-a-novel-isbn-9780063035997","title":"Go Set a Watchman: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerformed by Reese Witherspoon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003cem\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/em\u003e is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades.\"  — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark novel by Harper Lee, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-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 \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the mid-1950s, \u003cem\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWatchman\u003c\/i\u003e is compelling in its timeliness.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A significant aspect of this novel is that it asks us to see Atticus now not merely as a hero, a god, but as a flesh-and-blood man with shortcomings and moral failing, enabling us to see ourselves for all our complexities and contradictions.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e’s greatest asset may be its role in sparking frank discussion about America’s woeful track record when it comes to racial equality.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lee’s ability with description is evident… with long sentences beautifully rendered and evoking a world long lost to history, but welcoming all the same.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCNN.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this powerful newly published story about the Finch family, Lee presents a wider window into the white Southern heart, and tells us it is finally time for us all to shatter the false gods of the past and be free.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR's \"Code Switch\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As Faulkner said, the only good stories are the ones about the human heart in conflict with itself. And that’s a pretty good summation of \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Harper Lee’s second novel sheds more light on our world than its predecessor did.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The success of \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e... lies both in its depiction of Jean Louise reckoning with her father’s beliefs, and in the manner by which it integrates those beliefs into the Atticus we know.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e’s gorgeous opening is better than we could have expected.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Atticus’ complexity makes \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e worth reading. With \u003ci\u003eMockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e, Harper Lee made us question what we know and who we think we are. \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e continues in this noble literary tradition.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e] captures some of the same small-town Southern humor and preoccupation with America’s great struggle: race.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColumbus Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A coming-of-age novel in which Scout becomes her own woman…\u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e’s voice is beguiling and distinctive, and reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eMockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e. (It) can’t be dismissed as literary scraps from Lee’s imagination. It has too much integrity for that.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e is more complex than Harper Lee’s original classic. A satisfying novel… it is, in most respects, a new work, and a pleasure, revelation and genuine literary event.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rich and complex story… To make the novel about pinning the right label on Atticus is to miss the point.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloomberg View\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e is a] brilliant book that ruthlessly examines race relations - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A deftly written tale… there’s something undeniably comforting and familiar about sinking into Lee’s prose once again.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One overarching theme that many critics have zeroed in on is that there is a lot to learn from the novel, as both a writer and a reader.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades… - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Opinion Pages: Taking Note\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e] contains the familiar pleasures of Ms. Lee’s writing- the easy, drawling rhythms, the flashes of insouciant humor, the love of anecdote.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e provides valuable insight into the generous, complex mind of one of America’s most important authors.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e comes to us at exactly the right moment. All important works of art do. They come when we don’t know how much we need them.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“…the voice we came to know so well in \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e - funny, ornery, rulebreaking - is right here in \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e, too, as exasperating and captivating as ever.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What makes \u003ci\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e memorable is its sophisticated and even prescient view of the long march for racial justice. Remarkably, a novel written that long ago has a lot to say about our current struggles with race and inequality.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Don’t let ‘Go Set a Watchman’ change the way you think about Atticus Finch…the hard truth is that a man such as Atticus, born barely a decade after Reconstruction to a family of Southern gentry, would have had a complicated and tortuous history with race. That this doesn’t emerge in \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e, then, may be one of that book’s failings, a tendency to sugarcoat, to oversimplify. 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