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Why To Kill a Mockingbird Matters: What Harper Lee's Book and the Iconic American Film Mean to Us Today

by Tom Santopietro
St. Martin's. Jun. 2018. 320p. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781250163752. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250163769. LIT
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Pop culture writer Santopietro (The Sound of Music Story; The Godfather Effect) has spent several years researching Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird as a novel and as a film adaptation. His argument is that the novel is vital to understanding American culture and that Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch in the 1962 film adaptation is equally significant in comprehending the best in human nature. Blending biography with reviews, interviews, and praise as well as criticism, the author asserts that the central themes of both book and movie have not faded with age, that Atticus Finch, with his moral compass, is a hero for all times.
VERDICT Fans of To Kill a Mockingbird, the film and the novel, will enjoy this work.
Reviewed by Pam Kingsbury, Univ. of North Alabama, Florence , Jun 15, 2018
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