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re: Harper Lee to publish new novel, 55 years after To Kill a Mockingbird
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:58 am to Wayne Campbell
Posted on 2/3/15 at 10:58 am to Wayne Campbell
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There's actually been speculation that Harper Lee didn't write To Kill a Mockingbird because she never published anything else.
Yep. The speculation, and it has a lot of merit, is that actually Truman Capote wrote To Kill a Mockingbird.
The fact that this new manuscript suddenly appears after all these years and Harper Lee is like "oh, I forgot all about writing that" lends to the validity that she isn't the author in my opinion. The Capote penned script is found and Harper sees an opportunity to cash in again.
All that being said, To Kill a Mockingbird is still one of my favorite books and movies of all time. Gregory Peck was born to play Atticus Finch. The scene where he has to shoot the rabid dog, and the dawning realization by Scout and Jem of how great a man their dad really is, is a masterful piece of cinema.
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Posted on 2/3/15 at 11:00 am to TygerTyger
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TygerTyger
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Yep. The speculation, and it has a lot of merit, is that actually Truman Capote wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. The fact that this new manuscript suddenly appears after all these years and Harper Lee is like "oh, I forgot all about writing that" lends to the validity that she isn't the author in my opinion. The Capote penned script is found and Harper sees an opportunity to cash in again. All that being said, To Kill a Mockingbird is still one of my favorite books and movies of all time. Gregory Peck was born to play Atticus Finch. The scene where he has to shoot the rabid dog, and the dawning realization by Scout and Jem of how great a man their dad really is, is a masterful piece of cinema.
Honest question, what would Capote gotten out of giving Lee credit for TKAM? Not doubting you just doesn't seem to make sense on the surface.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:27 pm to TygerTyger
According to Wayne Flint of Auburn University, Capote had an enormous ego. He desperately wanted to win a Pulitzer and a National Book Award and has never won either. Flint says there is no way in hell Capote would have let Lee take the credit for a Pulitzer winning novel. I gotta say that from what I've heard about Capote I agree with him.
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Posted on 2/3/15 at 6:18 pm to TygerTyger
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Yep. The speculation, and it has a lot of merit, is that actually Truman Capote wrote To Kill a Mockingbird.
No it doesn't. People close to Capote have stated that he did not write the book, and Mocking Bird has a completely different style. It's like trying to believe we didn't land on the moon, honestly. Always a sense of paranoia about something.
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