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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’s James.