A brilliant action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn both harrowing
and ferociously funny told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. From the literary icon”
(Oprah Daily) Pulitzer Prize Finalist and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans separated
from his wife and daughter forever he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can
formulate a plan. Meanwhile Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father
recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know thus begins the
dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and
too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. While many narrative set pieces of
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms stumbling across both
unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks
encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…) Jim’s agency intelligence and
compassion are shown in a radically new light. Brimming with the electrifying humor and
lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon” (Oprah Daily) and one of the
most decorated writers of our lifetime James is destined to be a major publishing event and a
cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.
