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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view<\/p>\n

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER A LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE LAST 30 YEARS<\/p>\n

In development as a feature film to be produced by Steven Spielberg A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, LA Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Economist, TIME, and more.<\/p>\n

“Genius”\u2014The Atlantic “A masterpiece that will help redefine one of the classics of American literature, while also being a major achievement on its own.”\u2014Chicago Tribune “A provocative, enlightening literary work of art.”\u2014The Boston Globe “Everett\u2019s most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful.”\u2014The New York Times<\/p>\n

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\/listeners of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.\u202f <\/p>\n

Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon,\u202fthis brilliant and tender novel radically\u202filluminates Jim\u2019s agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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