Go, set a watchman

A novel by Harper Lee, set two decades after her Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird

In Go Set a Watchman , the unforgettable heroine of To Kill a Mockingbird , Jean Louise Finch , better known as Scout , returns to her small hometown of Maycomb, Alabama, to visit her father, Atticus . The story is set in the mid-1950s, at the beginning of the segregation debates , when the United States is divided over racial issues .

Confronted with the community that raised her, but from which she had been estranged since moving to New York, Jean Louise begins to see her family and friends in a new light—and is shocked by disturbing truths . "Go, Set a Watchman" captures a young woman in a painful and necessary transition from childhood illusions to adulthood.

For the New York Times , " Go, Set a Watchman is a very important book, perhaps the most important novel about race to come out of the white South in decades." It is an unforgettable and precise novel, filled with wisdom, humanity, passion, and humor ; a deeply moving work of art. Go, Set a Watchman not only confirms the power of To Kill a Mockingbird , but is also its essential companion, adding depth and giving new meaning to the American classic.