James Authors From the turbulent streets of

From the turbulent streets of 1970s Kingston to the crack-fueled chaos of 1980s New York

and maybe searching in the wrong places

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Somerset Maugham

James Authors From the turbulent streets ofWhen Jim, an enslaved man in antebellum Missouri, learns hes about to be sold away from his family, he flees to Jackson Island, determined to claim his own fate. At the same time, Huck Finn stages his death to escape his violent father. Together, they set off down the Mississippi River on a perilous journey through a divided nation and toward the fragile promise of freedom. Reworking The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Percival Everett restores Jim as