It’s my understanding that Harper Lee’s longtime adviser, who had kept her from publishing this work, died recently and others prevailed upon Ms. Lee to publish it.
This reminds me of what happened about twenty-five years ago when Matt Bruccoli published the entire novel of Thomas Wolfe’s “Look Homeward Angel.” As much as I, as a Wolfe admirer, enjoyed reading it, I realized that Max Perkins was entirely correct in cutting out all the fat and concentrating it.
I think Harper Lee probably has senility issues. But, hey, it’s interesting and I’ll probably eventually buy it.