ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELS EVER WRITTEN<\/p>\n
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION<\/b><\/p>\n
‘No one forgets this book’ Independent<\/i>
‘One of the best first novels I remember … uniquely unsentimental’ Guardian<\/i>
‘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<\/i>
‘A rare literary phenomenon’ Vogue<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
The iconic modern classic and coming-of-age novel exploring racism in the American South.<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Through the young yes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s.<\/p>\n
The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man’s struggle for justice.<\/p>\n
But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.<\/p>\n
‘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<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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