Everett's version of Mark Twain's classic, now narrated by the enslaved title character, already won the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize and the Carnegie Medal for fiction. The other nominees ...

National Book Award-winning novel, 'James,' Percival Everett grapples with philosophical and metaphysical questions as well ...

colloquially known as Mark Twain. "As a social commentator, satirist, and creator of characters, Clemens was a fearless observer of society who delighted and informed onlookers with his ...