'James' by Percival Everett

While walking the Chester Valley Trail (3 miles) we will discuss James by Percival Everett (fiction, 320 pages, 8 hrs audio). There is a long wait list at area libraries. Let me know if you need help getting the Book, eBook or Audiobook.

Park at the Penn Medicine Valley Forge parking lot, 1001 Chesterbrook Blvd, Berwyn, PA. Meet at the trailhead. In the event of rain, we will meet at the trailhead, and then decide on moving indoors.

The novel James is a re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn but told from the perspective of Huckleberry's friend Jim, who is an escaped slave.

Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a “literary icon” (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.

The novel won the 2024 Kirkus Prize, the National Book Award for Fiction, and the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.