The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, @lt;EM@gt;To Kill A Mockingbird@lt;/EM@gt; became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.@lt;BR/@gt;@lt;BR/@gt;@lt;BR/@gt; Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, @lt;EM@gt;To Kill A Mockingbird@lt;/EM@gt; takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.@lt;BR/@gt;@lt;BR/@gt;@lt;BR/@gt;
