Perhaps the caretaker was Harper Lee’s sister. Harper and Truman Capote grew up together as kids in the same town and were friends. Many people think Capote wrote Mockingbird although the consensus is that Lee wrote it.
It was the original publisher that said that the grown-up Scout’s memories of her youth seemed to be interesting, and that the book should be recast to those earlier times. “Go Set a Watchman” was the original book. “To Kill a Mockingbird” was what was made out of it.
And let me say, as someone born and raised in the USA, albeit in the North, and who is old enough to remember the 1950s and 1960s, the idea of someone like Atticus Finch turning in that direction in his later years is all too painfully believable.
BE THIS GUY almost 9 years ago
Jem is dead when “Go Set a Watchman” starts.
SKJAM! Premium Member almost 9 years ago
In this fusion version, Jem faked his own death to become “Night Owl.”
ZorkArg almost 9 years ago
I wonder if “Mockingbird” influenced John Grisham when he wrote “A time to kill?” Similar themes.
kaploy9 almost 9 years ago
Though I’m unfamiliar with both works, I assume that this mashup is supposed to be truly outrageous.
louieglutz almost 9 years ago
no, it’s a comment on unscrupulous caretakers…
Fibbermcgee Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Perhaps the caretaker was Harper Lee’s sister. Harper and Truman Capote grew up together as kids in the same town and were friends. Many people think Capote wrote Mockingbird although the consensus is that Lee wrote it.
ChukLitl Premium Member almost 9 years ago
If it was written first, but never published, the author’s friends may have advised; clean it up.
John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 9 years ago
It was the original publisher that said that the grown-up Scout’s memories of her youth seemed to be interesting, and that the book should be recast to those earlier times. “Go Set a Watchman” was the original book. “To Kill a Mockingbird” was what was made out of it.
And let me say, as someone born and raised in the USA, albeit in the North, and who is old enough to remember the 1950s and 1960s, the idea of someone like Atticus Finch turning in that direction in his later years is all too painfully believable.