To Kill a Mockingbird

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 filmalso a classic. Compassionatedramaticand deeply movingTo Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior – to innocence and experiencekindness and crueltylove and hatredhumor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languagesthis 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.