To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
This is the latest ‘modern classic’ I have read, and it is a corker. The story and characters are very engaging. Atticus Finch – what a man, what a hero. Boo Radley – now I know where the band got their name. Scout - a fantastic breath of fresh air.
‘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 this enchanting classic – 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…’
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