{"product_id":"james-by-percival-everett-book-or-bundle","title":"James by Percival Everett \/ BOOK OR BUNDLE - Starting at $20!","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e \u003cstrong style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/audiobooks\/9780593821251\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCLICK HERE FOR AN AUDIOBOOK COPY\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/audiobooks\/9780063258426?bookstore=newbookjoy\" aria-describedby=\"a11y-new-window-external-message\" rel=\"null noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBOOK SYNOPSIS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, THE SEATTLE TIMES, ELLE, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, AND OPRAH DAILY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view - From the \"literary icon\" (Oprah Daily) and Pulitzer Prize Finalist whose novel Erasure is the basis for Cord Jefferson's critically acclaimed film American Fiction...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen 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. 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