Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Harper Lee's new book already No. 1 on Amazon's bestseller list!!

 Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
 One day after the announcement of a new Harper Lee book, "Go Set a Watchman" is already No. 1 on Amazon.com's bestseller list.Lee's new book isn't coming out until July 14, but it zoomed to the top of the Amazon book sales chart Wednesday because it's available for pre-order.

A mock-up of a plain blue book cover is featured on the site with the words "Cover to be revealed" displayed in the corner.The book, which comes 55 years after her acclaimed "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published, is available for pre-order in a Kindle version for $13.59, hardcover for $16.79 and large-print paperback for $27.99.

 An historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.

Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch—Scout—struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her.

Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid-1950s America, Go Set a Watchman casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lee’s enduring classic. Moving, funny and compelling, it stands as a magnificent novel in its own right.


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