James by Percival Everett
Tuesday June 23 2026 3:00PM
Highland
Event Description
Join the discussion of James by Percival Everett, our Fact or Fiction Book Club selection for June. Pick up a copy at the Highland Branch.
Summary: "James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When 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. Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a "cult literary icon" (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature."
When
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Tuesday June 23 2026
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Meeting Room A
Highland
2841 Jewett St
Highland IN
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