'Truly extraordinary books are rare and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle 'A brilliant
retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of the enslaved Jim' -
The Observer James is a profound and ferociously funny novel from one of our greatest living
writers Percival Everett. The Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for
Fiction Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for
Excellence in Fiction Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Shortlisted for the Dublin Literary
Award Finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political 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
