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The book excerpt is "James" and it talks about why I re wrote "Huckleberry Finn" to give slave Jim a voice

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Percival Everett: Why I rewrote Huckleberry Finn to give slave Jim a voice

Percival Everett's new novel, James, is a re-imagining of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The author's new book, James James, will be released in September. Everett's novel is based on Twain's book, The Adventures Of Huckleberries, which was published in 1903.

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Book excerpt: "James" by Percival Everett

Percival Everett retells Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through the eyes of an enslaved boy. Everett is the author of "Erasure, the basis of the Oscar-winning film. Everett's latest novel is "James" by an enslaved slave boy.

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Percival Everett gives Mark Twain's classic story about Huck a new voice in 'James'

James is written from the point of view of the character Jim from Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Everett often skewers different corners of American society. The author's latest novel, James, is written in the character's perspective. The novel is set to be published by James Beale in April 2015.

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Percival Everett gives Mark Twain's classic story about Huck a new voice in 'James'

James is written from the point of view of the character Jim from Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Everett often skewers different corners of American society. The author's latest novel, James, is written in the character's perspective. The novel is set to be published by James Beale in April 2015.

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