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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.　　《Go Set a Watch Man》的故事发生在20年后。成年后的斯库特回到了家乡，童年难以磨灭的经历给了她很深的影响。回到这里意味着再次回忆起这段过往，她需要面对是家人和旧友，需要面对依然纠缠不休的前男友，需要面对有着复杂感情的父亲。延续了《杀死一只知更鸟》幽默、感人、触动人心的风格。或者你想要在时隔半个世纪之后如同拜访久别的好友一般翻开《Go Set a Watch Man》，看看阿蒂克斯、杰姆、斯库特以及镇上其他人是否健康平安。