To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

　　一位低調神祕的作家　一部影響無數世代的大師傑作

　　梅岡城故事　全球的傳奇　文學的經典

　　

　　那年，發生在梅岡城的事，已經成為一則傳奇……

　　

　　芬奇家就在梅岡城，阿提克斯．芬奇是個律師，帶著兩個小孩──哥哥傑姆和妹妹琴．露易絲。傑姆平時和妹妹一起玩，但遇到重要時刻，總愛嗆她：你越來越像女生耶！琴．露易絲則因為認識太多字，上學第一天就遭老師質疑；她愛跟著哥哥，也喜歡追著父親詢問所有她不明白的事。

　　

　　這年暑假，他們結交到一個好朋友──來到梅岡過暑假的迪爾。迪爾總是有玩遊戲的好點子，這天他們想到，鄰居「阿布」十五年沒出過家門了，據說他長成了身高兩米的惡靈。該如何引他出門呢？這就是三個孩子的暑假任務。

　　

　　孩子的世界也有大人的紛擾，一向是打架高手的琴．露易絲有天痛揍了八歲的表哥，因為他說父親阿提克斯承接的案件已經「敗壞家族的名聲」……然而，父親卻說：「把頭抬高、把拳頭放下，不管誰說了什麼，都別被激怒。」

　　

　　「阿布」會踏出家門嗎？父親贏得了官司嗎？……三個孩子的夏天就在率真、淘氣的時光中度過，但又因父親的案件夾雜著一絲關於成長的不明憤怒……



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　　本圖像小說改編版，由英國插畫家Fred Fordham操刀，將小鎮梅岡的時代氛圍忠實地化為圖像，更將書中令人難忘的場景與角色，以生動細緻的方式呈現──表情、眼神，畫面的敘事切換。把《梅崗城故事》這本文學史上絕對重要的作品，其對於人性的深刻及關懷與精神完整地保留，然而提供了讀者全新方式，感受故事的張力。

＂This gorgeously rendered graphic-novel version provides a new perspective for old fans but also acts as an immersive introduction for youngsters as well as any adult who somehow missed out on the iconic story set in Maycomb, Alabama.＂--USA Today

A beautifully crafted graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee’s beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning American classic, voted America’s best-loved novel in PBS’s Great American Read.

＂Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.＂

A haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird remains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement.

Now, this most beloved and acclaimed novel is reborn for a new age as a gorgeous graphic novel. Scout, Jem, Boo Radley, Atticus Finch, and the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, are all captured in vivid and moving illustrations by artist Fred Fordham.

Enduring in vision, Harper Lee’s timeless novel illuminates the complexities of human nature and the depths of the human heart with humor, unwavering honesty, and a tender, nostalgic beauty. Lifetime admirers and new readers alike will be touched by this special visual edition that joins the ranks of the graphic novel adaptations of A Wrinkle in Time and The Alchemist.

作者簡介

Harper Lee (Author)

　　Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She attended Huntingdon College and studied law at the University of Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and numerous other literary awards and honours. She died on 19 February 2016.

Fred Fordham (Author)

　　Fred Fordham was born in 1985 and grew up in north London. Before beginning work in comics and graphic novels he worked as a traditional portrait painter and muralist. His first published work in the medium appeared in France and he has since written and illustrated stories for various publications, most recently illustrating Philip Pullman's debut graphic-novel, The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship.