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'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy DoyleWinner of the National Book Award for FictionShortlisted for the Booker PrizeFinalist for the Orwell Prize for Political FictionA 'Book of the Year' in The Observer, The Times & Sunday Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Spectator, New Statesman, Independent, TLS, The Telegraph, Financial Times, i newspaper, The Economist, The Irish Times, Time and The New YorkerJames is a profound and ferociously funny reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from one of our greatest living writers, Percival Everett.The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter forever, he flees to nearby Jackson's Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father who recently returned to town.So begins a dangerous and transcendent journey along the Mississippi River, towards the elusive promise of the free states and beyond. As James and Huck navigate the treacherous waters, each bend in the river holds the promise of both salvation and demise. And together, the unlikely pair embark on the most life-changing odyssey of them all . . .'Who should read this book? Every single person in the country' - Ann Patchett'A towering achievement' - The 2024 Booker Prize judges'My favourite novel this year' - Salman Rushdie'Scorchingly funny' - The Sunday Times, 'Books of the Year''This may be Everett's best book yet' - Bonnie Garmus'An essential rewrite of Huckleberry Finn' - The Guardian, 'Books of the Year'
Percival Everett is the author of over thirty books, including Telephone, Dr No, The Trees, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and won the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, and Erasure, which was adapted into the major Oscar-winning film American Fiction. He has received the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction, has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. An instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller in hardback, James was a finalist for the 2024 Orwell Prize for Fiction, was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize and was named the Winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction. Percival Everett lives in Los Angeles.
