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I suspect it was more her wonderful editor that shaped TKAM. Truman Capote was writing In Cold Blood at the same time- and his style is VERY different.
Capote and Lee worked together on In Cold Blood...
What if Harper Lee wrote In Cold Blood and Capote wrote TKAM and they said, let's swap manuscripts; that'll get people in a pickle years from now?
LOL ...but going on the Watchman book - she wasn't a good enough writer to write either of those books
The only problem I have with the theory of the "early draft" that was then re-written into TKAM is that without TKAM, the reader would not share in Scout's shock that Atticus believes in segregation and Calpurnia's rejection using "company manners".
I was not shocked, personally I thought the voice of Jean Louise way to shrill
Richard, yes, absolutely, Lee and Capote were together during much of Capote's investigation in Kansas. I don't think any of us are taking anything away from ICB or TKAM. Great discussion!
When this book first came out I was watching book reviews on TV. In one of the review someone quoted from TKAM, and my first thought was, "That sounds like Truman Capate." I went to the computer and began asking questions as to who really wrote it, and that was when I found out that others were questing as well. I wish I had kept the book review and had written down the lines from Mockingbird to see why that came to mind.
Oh, YES! One of my most favorite lines in ANY book (and I'm an addict) is on page 5 and ends, ' and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting of sweat and sweet talcum.' I have always thought thus - and didn't really understand it entirely until about a decade ago when I spent a week with my Dad in July - outside of Atlanta, in July.
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I suspect it was more her wonderful editor that shaped TKAM. Truman Capote was writing In Cold Blood at the same time- and his style is VERY different.
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Capote and Lee worked together on In Cold Blood...
What if Harper Lee wrote In Cold Blood and Capote wrote TKAM and they said, let's swap manuscripts; that'll get people in a pickle years from now?
LOL ...but going on the Watchman book - she wasn't a good enough writer to write either of those books
The only problem I have with the theory of the "early draft" that was then re-written into TKAM is that without TKAM, the reader would not share in Scout's shock that Atticus believes in segregation and Calpurnia's rejection using "company manners".
I was not shocked, personally I thought the voice of Jean Louise way to shrill
Richard, yes, absolutely, Lee and Capote were together during much of Capote's investigation in Kansas. I don't think any of us are taking anything away from ICB or TKAM. Great discussion!
When this book first came out I was watching book reviews on TV. In one of the review someone quoted from TKAM, and my first thought was, "That sounds like Truman Capate." I went to the computer and began asking questions as to who really wrote it, and that was when I found out that others were questing as well. I wish I had kept the book review and had written down the lines from Mockingbird to see why that came to mind.
Oh, YES! One of my most favorite lines in ANY book (and I'm an addict) is on page 5 and ends, ' and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting of sweat and sweet talcum.' I have always thought thus - and didn't really understand it entirely until about a decade ago when I spent a week with my Dad in July - outside of Atlanta, in July.
