Page by page, chapter by chapter, tidbit by tidbit, the new but old novel by Alabama's Harper Lee is becoming known. Including this from The New York Times
I'll still read it, but really? Does age make Atticus less the liberal defender of right and more the small town Alabama redneck?
Don't tell me Ms. Lee has killed the goose!
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DO NOT READ BELOW UNLESS YOU WANT TO KNOW A SIGNIFICANT DETAIL ABOUT THE BOOK TO BE RELEASED ON TUESDAY:
Shockingly, in Ms. Lee’s long-awaited novel, “Go Set a Watchman” (due out Tuesday), Atticus is a racist who once attended a Klan meeting, who says things like “The Negroes down here are still in their childhood as a people.” Or asks his daughter: “Do you want Negroes by the carload in our schools and churches and theaters? Do you want them in our world?”Read the entire NY Times (paywall) review HERE
I'll still read it, but really? Does age make Atticus less the liberal defender of right and more the small town Alabama redneck?
Don't tell me Ms. Lee has killed the goose!
{Saturday Data is a regular feature of www.timlennox.com]
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