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The cover of the book that will be published on July 14, half
a century after Lee's masterpiece "To Kill a Mockingbird,"
features a tree in the foreground and a railroad track with a
train in the distance.
Michael Morrison, the president and publisher of U.S. general
books and Canada at Harper Collins, said the cover draws on the
style of the decade in which the book was written, but with a
modern twist.
"'Go Set a Watchman' begins with Scout's train ride home, but
more profoundly, it is about the journey Harper Lee's beloved
characters have taken in the subsequent 20 years of their
lives," Morrison said in a statement.
The upcoming book has been surrounded by controversy since its
publication was announced in February. Until then, few people
knew it existed; even Lee, 88, had thought it had been lost.
Written before "To Kill a Mockingbird," the book features the
same characters, lawyer Atticus Finch and his daughter Scout,
but later as she returns as an adult to the fictional town of
Maycomb, Alabama.
There were concerns about whether Lee had been pressured into
agreeing to have the book published, and an unspecified
complaint of elder abuse that was investigated by the Alabama
Securities Commission.
Earlier this month, the commission closed its probe, saying Lee
had made it clear that she wanted the book to be published.
"To Kill a Mockingbird," which became an American classic, was
adapted into an Academy Award-winning film starring Gregory
Peck.
(Reporting by Patricia Reaney; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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