Mockingbird Redux

May 10, 2003 11:44 PM

Unpublished Coda to Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird." Via McSweeneys.
posted by adrober (4 comments total)

That was the best laugh I've had in days. Especially helpful for discouraging would-be-attorneys from basing their decision to become lawyers largely around Gregory Peck's compelling portrayal in said movie, as certain persons in the past have done. *cough*

. . . and the penguins — well, the penguins were just so fucking charming, there was no way Atticus was going to harm them. Everyone hated the penguins. True, too true.

Thanks, adrober!
posted by onlyconnect at 12:01 AM on May 11, 2003

it just goes to show, the one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. and we is all god's chillun.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 12:35 AM on May 11, 2003

McSweeney's links are the new Onion links.
posted by jjg at 10:38 AM on May 11, 2003

Permalink, for those who (like me) got to this a little late.
posted by Acetylene at 9:29 AM on May 12, 2003