James

A captivating response to Mark Twain’s classic that is both a bold exploration of a dark chapter in history and a testament to the resilience of the human spiritThe 2024 Booker Prize Judges

I’m demanding that you read Percival Everett’s novel James, in which Everett takes the camera from Twain’s Huck Finn and hands it to the slave, Jim. Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of themRoddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha

James is funny and horrifying, brilliant and riveting. In telling the story of Jim instead of Huckleberry Finn, Percival Everett delivers a powerful, necessary corrective to both literature and history. I found myself cheering both the writer and his hero. Who should read this book? Every single person in the countryAnn Patchett, bestselling author of Tom Lake

Pure brilliance. Funny, wise, gracious; this may be Everett's best book yetBonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry