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First Saturday Book Group: James: A Novel by Percival Everett

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First Saturday Book Group:  James: A Novel by Percival Everett

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On the first Saturday in June, we will discuss James: a Novel by Percival Everett.
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NOTE our tentative plan is to meet at 10:00 am at Saul's Deli in Berkeley. I will not be making a reservation ahead of time; instead, please arrive on time and we'll make a final headcount by 10:05 to get a table.

If you are running late, please text me before 10:00 so I know to hold a seat for you. In the days prior to the meetup, I will send an email via Meetup with my text #.

Please check back here and check your email for updates.

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*James: a Novel *by Percival Everett

A brilliant reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—both harrowing and satirical—told from the enslaved Jim's point of view

When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.

Brimming with nuanced humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim's agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first-century American literature.

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# Please re-read the Note at the top of this message about where we will meet.

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Friday, June 6, 2025
4:00 PM
Saul's Restaurant & Deli
1475 Shattuck Avenue · Berkeley, CA
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