By Percival Everett
Percival Everett’s James is a bold and powerful reimagining of a familiar American story, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, told from a radically different point of view.
By shifting the perspective to the slave, James, and following his journey through a world shaped by cruelty, hypocrisy, and survival, Everett reframes a well-known narrative into something urgent, unsettling, and entirely its own.
This book is a force. Everett’s voice is sharp, fearless, and often darkly funny, using the new perspective to expose truths that were always there but rarely centered.
It feels both literary and deeply relevant, making it another essential read for 2025. James is worthy of every bit of praise and acclaim it’s received—and then some.
Five stars.