James : The Bestselling, Award-Winning Sensation by Percival Everett (2025, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPicador
ISBN-101035031264
ISBN-139781035031269
eBay Product ID (ePID)28072452517

Product Key Features

Book TitleJames : the Bestselling, Award-Winning Sensation
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2025
TopicAfrican American / Historical, Literary, Historical, Action & Adventure, Humorous / General
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorPercival Everett
FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight8.7 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in

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Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813.6
Synopsis'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 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, An immensely powerful and bitingly satirical retelling of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Huck's friend, the enslaved Jim.
LC Classification NumberPS3555.V34J3 2025

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