Voted by the reading public as the most popular title to be given away as part of World Book Night 2012.
You may have read this but it certainly deserves another read. It’s the sort of book that becomes more profound with each reading. It is quite simply brilliant, a tale of prejudices and injustice in small town America which should be part of everyone’s collection.
Comparison: J D Salinger (Catcher in the Rye), William Golding (Lord of the Flies), Joseph Heller (Catch 22).
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird'. A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.
To Kill a Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary edition features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
To Kill a Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary edition is available in Paperback
To Kill a Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary edition was written by Harper Lee and published by Arrow Books Ltd an imprint of Cornerstone
To Kill a Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary edition has 309 pages
£8.09
