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JAMES - PERCIVAL EVERETT KARTONIERT (TB)

'Truly extraordinary books are rare  and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle    James is a
profound and ferociously funny novel from one of our greatest living writers  Percival Everett.
The Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Andrew
Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Finalist for the
Orwell Prize for Fiction    The Mississippi River  1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that
he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter
forever  he flees to nearby Jackson's Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile  Huck
Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father who recently returned to town.  So
begins a dangerous and transcendent journey along the Mississippi River  towards the elusive
promise of the free states and beyond. As James and Huck navigate the treacherous waters  each
bend in the river holds the promise of both salvation and demise. And together  the unlikely
pair embark on the most life-changing odyssey of them all . . .   A 'Book of the Year' in The
Observer  The Times & Sunday Times  The Guardian  Daily Mail  Daily Express  The Spectator  New
Statesman  Independent  TLS  The Daily Telegraph  Financial Times  i newspaper  The Economist 
The Irish Times  The New York Times  TIME and The New Yorker    'Who should read this book?
Every single person in the country' - Ann Patchett  'Scorchingly funny and action-packed' - The
Sunday Times   'Books of the Year'  'This may be Everett's best book yet' - Bonnie Garmus 
'Playful and viciously comic' - The Telegraph   'Books of the Year'  'My favourite novel this
year' - Salman Rushdie

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