New in paperback: ‘Go Set a Watchman’ and more

Published 12:00 am Sunday, May 22, 2016

“Go Set a Watchman: A Novel” by Harper Lee, Harper Perennial, 288 pages, $15.99

“Go Set a Watchman,” a draft of what would later become the iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” follows a 26-year-old “Scout” Finch as she returns to Maycomb, Alabama, to visit an aging Atticus. Against the backdrop of civil rights, Scout learns disturbing truths about her family and community that question her childhood memories.

“The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy” by Masha Gessen (Riverhead, 297 pages, $16)

Gessen investigates the Boston Marathon bombings that killed 3 and injured 264 people on April 15, 2013. Gessen looks at the background of the bombers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the history of the Caucasas, and how the brothers’ immigrant experience created a unique brand of homegrown terrorism.

“The Wright Brothers” by David McCullough, (Simon & Schuster, 336 pages, $17)

McCullough details the history of Wilbur and Orville Wright, drawing on the vast collection of Wright family papers to give the story of the two Ohio brothers who built the first successful airplane. McCullough also explores the relationship the brothers shared with their sister, Katharine, who played a large role in both of their lives.

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