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Report on activities of former and departing Defence Forces members is one of several recent investigative projects

His work triumphed at the Oscars, but the Booker-shortlisted author isn’t interested in acclaim. He talks to the Guardian about race, taking on Mark Twain and why there’s nothing worse than preaching to the choir

Forget the dreary days and heavy reads of January. The weather is warming, the flower are blooming— and captivating, juicy new books are hitting store shelves.

Percival Everett reveals a lot about his reworking of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) with his stark choice of title: James. Twain’s scrappy child protagonist has been usurped, in terms of storytelling responsibilities, by the character most talked about and criticised by teachers, parents’ groups and censors, through waves of controversies, bannings and retellings. And one of the first things that character wants us to know? His name isn’t Jim: it&...

In his new novel, James, Percival Everett takes Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, flips its script, and forges a grimly comic masterpiece

How many times must Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” have delighted, transfixed, angered and instructed readers. It’s really a chameleon of a book, growing as readers have grown.

Jim is a black man stuck in a white man’s story. This clever, funny satire sets him free at last

We caught up with the star of "Company" (at Citizen’s Bank Opera House through April 14) to talk about all things travel.

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