James

With James, Booker-shortlisted author Percival Everett brings the reader a heartbreaking and powerful retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Huck's friend, the enslaved Jim.

*Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024*

'A masterful, revisionist work that immerses the reader in the brutality of slavery, juxtaposed with a movingly persistent humanity.'
'James stands as a towering achievement that confronts the past while holding out hope for