Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill A Mockingbird

Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved bestseller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th Century. One million copies are sold each year in 40 languages; the Library of Congress has said that it's second only to the Bible as books most often cited as making a difference. The film version, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, won a trio of Academy Awards, and the U.S. Postal Service's new stamp honoring Peck depicts him wearing glasses, as Finch.

Behind it all was a young Southern girl named Nelle Harper Lee, who once joked that she wanted to be South Alabama's Jane Austen. HEY, BOO explores Lee's life and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding her, including why she never published again. It also brings to light the context and history of the novel's Deep South setting and the social changes it inspired after publication.

Oprah Winfrey, Tom Brokaw, Anna Quindlen, Rosanne Cash, Wally Lamb, Richard Russo, Scott Turow, Andrew Young and others reflect on the novel's power, influence, and popularity, and the many ways it has shaped their lives.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 31 Juli, 2011