Everett’s primary characters tend toward reluctant heroism but also, at times, vengeance, alongside streaks of misanthropy. (As the character of Percival Everett, professor of nonsense ...

Percival Everett talks about winning the National Book Award for his book James, discusses how a game of tennis inspired him ...

The following Q&A, which has been edited for length and clarity, is from our March interview with the author, published here ...

Percival Everett's reimagining of Mark Twain’s 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' just won the $10,000 National Book Award ...

USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from ...

Percival Everett’s new novel, “James,” a retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s ...

Percival Everett’s “James” has won the National Book Award for fiction. The book is a daring reworking of “The Adventures of ...

Everett’s reimagining of “Huck Finn” was among the big winners at a ceremony in New York that featured several politically ...

American author Percival Everett’s novel "James" has won the National Book Award for fiction, as the esteemed US literary ...

Percival Everett has won the National Book Award for fiction for his novel “James,” a reimagining of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the point of view of the enslaved ...

Percival Everett’s “James” has received yet another literary nomination NEW YORK -- Percival Everett's “James” has received yet another literary nomination. Everett's reworking of Mark ...

Percival Everett’s “James” has won the National Book Award for fiction NEW YORK -- Percival Everett's “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the ...