The writer whose own books are modern literary classics reveals the great works that inspired him ...

The 2024 National Book Award for Fiction went to “James,” a novel by Percival Everett. He cleverly retells Mark Twain’s ...

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A posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Hisham Matar’s novel “My Friends” and a poetry collection by ...

The University of South Carolina’s Open Book series, long one of its best “gown to town” offerings that benefits local residents, brings a consistently impressive set of contemporary ...

with finalists including Percival Everett’s “James,” winner of the National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize. — Adam Higginbotham’s “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on ...

FOR JACOBS-JENKINS AND many others, the most resounding contemporary satirical voice is the American writer Percival Everett. As the author of 24 novels and several volumes of poetry and ...

but Percival Everett is one of them. The California-based writer of more than 30 books has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice, first for The Trees in 2022, then again last year for James.

From books for history lovers to romance novels ... An engrossing thriller and important historical reckoning, Percival Everett’s James retells Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn from the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James” is up for another literary award — the ... March and reveal the winner — who receives $15,000 — in April. Everett's novel, a dramatic reworking of “The ...