James

Percival L. Everett

earliest edition we have, 2024 Mantle, 2024 paperback 320 pages

**A brilliant reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—both harrowing and satirical—told from the enslaved Jim's point of view** When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begi...

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James edition · 2025 · Pan Macmillan · 320 pages · 9781035031269
James hardcover · 2024 · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 318 pages · 9780385550369
James paperback · 2024 · Mantle · 320 pages · 9781035031245
James edition · 2024 · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780593686867
James ebook · 2024 · Doubleday · 9780385550376
James paperback · 2024 · Random House Large Print · 368 pages · 9780593862735
James edition · 2024 · Pan Macmillan · 9781035031238

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