{"product_id":"james-a-novel-1","title":"James: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Percival Everett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e James: A Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2024-03-19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA brilliant, action-packed reimagining of \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile many narrative set pieces of \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river's banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin...), Jim's agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations \u003ci\u003eJames\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593862735\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Percival Everett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53356305514803,"sku":"9780593862735","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/9780593862735.jpg?v=1778843609","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/james-a-novel-1","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}