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Where to buy Go Set A Watchman in Bristol
Go Set A Watchman, the sequel to Harper Lee’s only other book To Kill A Mockingbird, is released in Bristol and across the world on Tuesday July 14. During the five months between the book’s announcement and the release date, there has been much curiosity and worry about how the ‘new’ script had come to be found. There was even an investigation of elder abuse against Harper Lee who allegedly for the last few years only had contact with the outside world through her lawyer.
The first part of the publication excitement started with the early release of the first chapter of Go Set A Watchman with The Guardian publishing it in the UK.
Bristol24/7 has a roundup of where you can obtain a physical copy and when.
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In Waterstones at the Galleries, the book will be available from the moment the clock strikes midnight.
Waterstones, 11A Union Galleries, Broadmead, Bristol, BS1 3XD
Durdham Down Bookshop has had a lot of pre-orders already and will have Go Set A Watchman available from 9am on Tuesday July 14. They are expecting a busy day.
Durdham Down Bookshop, 39 North View, Westbury Park, Bristol, BS6 7PY
0117 9739095
Stanfords weren’t sure to begin with but with some prompting and a telephone call confirmed they would also be stocking Go Set A Watchman on its release date.
Stanfords, 29 Corn Street, Bristol, BS1 1HT
The Bristol libraries have 45 copies on order across the five authorities in the south west and at last check had 25 reservations.
Foyles will stock the book from July 14.
Foyles, Quakers Friars, Cabot Circus, BS1 3BU
The title for Go Set A Watchman comes from Isaiah 21:6: “For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.” It alludes to Scout’s view of her father, Atticus Finch, as the moral compass – the watchman – of Maycomb.
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