To Kill A Mockingbird: 60th Anniversary Edition

ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELS EVER WRITTEN

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION

• 'No one forgets this book' – Independent
• 'One of the best first novels I remember ... uniquely unsentimental' – Guardian
• 'There is humour as well as tragedy in this book, besides its faint note of hope for human nature; and it is delightfully written' – Sunday Times
• 'A rare literary phenomenon' – Vogue

The iconic modern classic and coming-of-age novel exploring racism in the American South.

"Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel – a black man charged with a serious crime.

Key Themes:

• Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee examines the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s.
• The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is stirred by one man's relentless fight for justice.
• But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

"Someone rare has written this very fine novel, a writer with the liveliest sense of life and the warmest, most authentic humour. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable." – Truman Capote