The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
So started reading it in November but unfortunately had to return it to the library. Got my hands on it again but this time in talking book a couple of weeks ago and finally finished it today. I have to say I absolutely loved it and I'm glad I read it since I had originally thought that I wouldn't like it as it isn't really the type of history novel that I would go for. Def worth it in the end!
