Chapter of new Harper Lee novel previewed
US publisher HarperCollins says that pre-orders for Harper Lee's novel Go Set a Watchman are the highest in the company's history.
THE first chapter of Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman begins with a grown up Scout returning by train to Maycomb, Alabama, where she is greeted by a young man who wants to marry her.
GO Set a Watchman, the most unexpected second novel in memory, is coming out July 14.
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