An Acclaimed New Novel Retells Huck Finn From Jim's Perspective-or Maybe Something Sneakier Is Going On
Briefly

In Everett's novel, he sheds the diminutive nickname for a more substantial first name, but when Huck asks him what surname he'd choose, he picks 'Golightly' - a Truman Capote reference or a sign of the novel's depth.
During the most delirious moments of his sojourns, James grills the European philosophers he's studied for their shameful positions on slavery and race, scolding John Locke and Voltaire for their beliefs.
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