Here is a little Saturday morning bit of news about the acclaimed literary recluse, Harper Lee.
Lee, of To Kill A Mockingbird fame, has been in the spotlight perhaps more than she'd like recently. Last month, her publisher announced that a prequel to her classic titled Go Set a Watchman will publish later this year. It is narrated by an adult Scout.
The announcement was a surprise to Lee's fans, as she has stated for decades that she doesn't plan to release another novel.
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| The Alleged Book Cover |
It also has also spurred a resurgent interest in Lee, who appears to decline contact with journalists on principle. But that hasn't kept some from trying. While most attempts to reach out result in crickets, one Alabama reporter finally got a written response from Lee: his crumpled letters, with "Go away!" scrawled across them.
Connor Sheets, a reporter for Al.com wrote:
I hoped she would confirm that she is in fact lucid and fully in control of the destiny of Go Set a Watchman...I hoped she would help clear up all the questions the world has been waiting to have answered about the circumstances of the book's planned release. [...] It appears that Nelle, as her friends call her, is very much with it, that she is still lucid and that her acerbic, press-averse side is fully intact
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