American Fiction” author successfully reimagines the American classic "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in his latest novel.

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In "James," Percival Everett — whose work is characterized by irony and satire — has written a highly entertaining story ...

In "Big Jim and the White Boy," writer David Walker and illustrator Marcus Kwame Anderson have reimagined "Huckleberry Finn." They talk with NPR's Scott Simon about the new graphic novel.

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Macmillan James, inspired by Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, gives a voice to its escaped slave, Jim The hero of his new novel is - famously - the runaway slave Jim, in Mark Twain ...

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Percival Everett's 'James' Wins $50,000 Kirkus Prize for Fiction NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's novel “James,” his acclaimed reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has ...