' Shoot all the Bluejays you want if you can hit 'em but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird'A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel
- a black man charged with the rape of a white girl Through the young eyes of Scout & Jem Finch Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race & class in the Deep South of the thirties The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice violence & hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice But the weight of history will only tolerate so much-