Let’s not assume Harper Lee is being exploited. Atticus Finch wouldn’t | Hadley Freeman

We should resist the easy cynicism that has greeted the sudden emergence of Go Set a WatchmanFew 88-year-old one-hit wonders could expect more than a shrug if they announced they were producing their second piece of work in 55 years. But news that Harper Lee is publishing what is essentially a sequel to her great novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was greeted as if it were the second coming.It was swiftly followed by some significant concern for the author herself – though, it hardly needs saying, the welfare of writers is not usually at the forefront of the public’s mind. Try to imagine such concern for, say, Ernest Hemingway to see what a unique place in the public heart Lee occupies. But the unusual reaction to the publication of Go Set a Watchman is of a piece with the anomaly that is To Kill a Mockingbird and, most of all, Lee herself. Related: Harper Lee to publish new novel, 55 years after To Kill a Mockingbird Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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