To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel Coming

[nightmare3983]

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/harper-lee-published-july-28687808

This is particularly interesting to me as I just read a biography of Harper Lee a couple of months ago and finished it feeling convinced that we wouldn't be seeing anything else from her.

 

[sirkickyass]

Weird situation. Obviously the question that's left is if it's any good. I'm mostly curious why it was never published or recreated considering it was work that was already in the can.

 

[nightmare3983]

Weird situation. Obviously the question that's left is if it's any good. I'm mostly curious why it was never published or recreated considering it was work that was already in the can.

From what I recall in the biography, titled Mockingbird (and written with no input or cooperation from Lee), when To Kill A Mockingbird was so successful, Lee eventually became overwhelmed with all of the media attention, which was later renewed when the film came out. Lee started working on another novel and finished it, but she hated the media attention and eventually just made peace with the fact that she wasn't going to write another novel. Another key factor was that her editor on TKAM retired and passed away, and her literary agent (who she was very close to) passed away as well.

 

[LogGrad98]

I'm not reading it if Boo Radley ain't in it.

 

[candrew]

In other news Harper Lee is still alive.

 

[sirkickyass]

Uh-oh.

https://jezebel.com/be-suspicious-of-the-new-harper-lee-novel-1683488258

 

[nightmare3983]

Uh-oh.

https://jezebel.com/be-suspicious-of-the-new-harper-lee-novel-1683488258

Is it highly possible that people at the publisher are exploiting the author in her old age and perhaps not-fully-competent state of mind? Absolutely.

 

[Jazz Insider]

Weird situation. Obviously the question that's left is if it's any good. I'm mostly curious why it was never published or recreated considering it was work that was already in the can.

if that's the question that's left, then what is the question that's right?

 

[colton]

Weird situation. Obviously the question that's left is if it's any good. I'm mostly curious why it was never published or recreated considering it was work that was already in the can.

The news article the OP linked to explains that.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

I can't wait to get my hands on the Cliffs Notes version.

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

This seems odd. It seems like exploitation or desperation. Maybe both.

 

[Jazz Insider]

Weird situation. Obviously the question that's left is if it's any good. I'm mostly curious why it was never published or recreated considering it was work that was already in the can.

The news article the OP linked to explains that.

 

[nightmare3983]

This seems odd. It seems like exploitation or desperation. Maybe both.

It really does seem odd. On the page kicky linked to it mentioned that Lee's older sister (and lawyer) recently passed away, and that it's probably more than coincidental that the "new" novel is set to be published such a short time later. As for desperation on the part of Lee? I don't buy that theory at all.