To Kill a Mockingbird

Beschreibung

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

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