Book lovers eagerly anticipating 'To Kill A Mockingbird' sequel

NEW YORK: Surprise, eager anticipation and a tinge of scepticism surrounded the news that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee would publish a second novel, half a century after To Kill a Mockingbird became an American classic.

Until Tuesday when publisher Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, announced it would publish Go Set a Watchman, on July 14, few knew the book existed and even its 88-year-old author had thought it had been lost.