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BOOK REVIEW

‘James’ reimagines a Mark Twain classic

“James” is Percival Everett’s remarkable reimagining of a Mark Twain classic from 1885.  

How many times must Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” have delighted, transfixed, angered, and instructed readers. It’s really a chameleon of a book, growing as readers have grown. For many it could very well be the consummate American coming-of-age novel. But as we’ve grown older, the book seems very much about defining the tension between personal conscience and conventional notions of right and wrong.

“James”

“James” by Percival Everett, Doubleday, 2024, 320 pp., $28.

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