To Kill a Mockingbird

<b>ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELS EVER WRITTEN<br> <br> WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION</b><br> <br> <b>'No one forgets this book' <i>Independent</i><br> 'One of the best first novels I remember ... uniquely unsentimental' <i>Guardian</i><br> 'There is humour as well as tragedy in this book, besides its faint note of hope for human nature; and it is delightfully written' <i>Sunday Times</i><br> 'A rare literary phenomenon' <i>Vogue</i></b><br> <br> <b>The iconic modern classic and coming-of-age novel exploring racism in the American South.</b><br> <br> 'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'<br> <br> A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with a serious crime.<br> <br> Through the young yes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s.<br> <br> The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice.<br> <br> But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.<br> <br> <b>'Someone rare has written this very fine novel, a writer with the liveliest sense of life and the warmest, most authentic humour. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable.' Truman Capote</b>