<P> The book's unexpected and controversial discovery, decades after it was written, together with the status of the author's only other book--an American classic--caused its publication to be highly anticipated; Amazon stated that it was their "most pre-ordered book" since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2007, and stores arranged all - night openings beginning at midnight to cope with expected demand . </P> <P> According to the publisher, Go Set a Watchman "...tackles the racial tensions brewing in the South in the 1950s and delves into the complex relationship between father and daughter". It includes treatments of many of the characters who appear in To Kill a Mockingbird . </P> <P> Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, now 26, returns from New York to the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, on her annual two - week visit . She is met by her childhood sweetheart and suitor, Henry "Hank" Clinton, who works for her father, Atticus, a lawyer and former state legislator . Jack, her father's brother, a retired doctor, is her mentor . Their sister, Aunt Alexandra, runs the house since Calpurnia's retirement . The Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are introduced as sources of controversy in the community . </P> <P> Returning from a trip to Finch's Landing, Jean Louise and Henry are passed by a car of black men travelling dangerously at high speed . Henry mentions that the black people in the county now have money for cars but neglect to get licenses and insurance . The next day is spent dealing with the minor scandal the previous evening has caused, and there are sequences during Jean Louise's youth, spent with "Dill" Harris, and her older brother Jeremy "Jem" Finch, who has since died of a heart condition which also killed her mother . </P>

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