5. Screaming Dirt

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Believed lost for decades after 'To Kill A Mockingbird' was published, Harper Lee's explosive second novel finally appeared in 2015. It revisits much-loved characters, this time through adult eyes. Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch travels from New York to Maycomb for her annual visit home. Now she's in shock after learning that her father Atticus is chairman of a white separatist group in Maycomb. She's relieved when he agrees to take the case of their beloved old housekeeper Calpurnia's grandson, who has knocked down and killed a white man. But her relief is short-lived... Abridged by Robin Brooks Read by Fenella Woolgar. Producer Eilidh McCreadie. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2015.