The temptation to cash in by publishing this draft of To Kill a Mocking Bird (bwl 24) must have been enormous; all Lee's fans would love it. Or maybe not. It's interesting to read and compare but beware - it's the opposite of redemptive. Here Scout is a judgmental twenty-something, Atticus a bigot, the trial ends in anti-climax. Fortunately Lee's editor saw the gold amongst the dross, encouraged her to rethink, rewrite, polish and produce her masterpiece.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 80 Spring 2016 ) |
