{"id":197365,"date":"2024-06-18T15:34:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?post_type=feature&#038;p=197365"},"modified":"2025-05-05T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:11:06","slug":"percival-everett-discusses-his-acclaimed-new-novel-james","status":"publish","type":"feature","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/feature\/percival-everett-discusses-his-acclaimed-new-novel-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Percival Everett Discusses His Acclaimed New Novel, <i>James<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/james-everett-205x300.png\" alt=\"A cover of the book &quot;James&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-194430\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Percival Everett, the Pulitzer-nominated novelist and poet, took part in a conversation with <em>G&amp;G<\/em> contributing editor Jonathan Miles for the magazine\u2019s book club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion was centered on Everett\u2019s latest novel, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/1939\/9780385550369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James<\/a><\/em>, a retelling of Mark Twain\u2019s <em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/em> from the perspective of the enslaved character Jim. 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