James by Percival Everett, review: a new side of Mark Twain
In his new novel, James, Percival Everett takes Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, flips its script, and forges a grimly comic masterpiece
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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
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