From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece; To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb; Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch - `Scout' - returns home from New York City to visit her ageing father; Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South; Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family; the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back; and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird; Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman; and a world; in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past - a journey that can be guided only by one's own conscience. Written in the mid-1950s; Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller; richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom; humanity; passion; humour and effortless precision - a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird; but also serves as its essential companion; adding depth; context and new meaning to a classic.