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Book Review: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee – by George Somasundaram Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – february 2022 Harper Lee was the author of the classic of modern American literature “To kill a Mockingbird”. It was released in 1960 and won the Pulitzer Prize. “Go set a Watchman” was actually Harper Lee’s first manuscript, initially discarded but re-discovered later in a safety deposit box. Published in 2015, it is set twenty years past the ‘Mockingbird’ era and features many of the iconic original characters. The title is derived from a Biblical verse Located in Maycomb, Alabama, twenty six year old Jean Louise Finch returns to her hometown to visit her ageing father Atticus. Readers may remember Atticus as the defending lawyer in ‘Mockingbird’. Set against the backdrop of political turmoil and civil rights tensions that were transforming the Deep South, Jean Louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet ...