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Booker prize 2024: and the winner is you, the reader

The Guardian 10 Nov 2024
The judges have a hard task at this week’s Booker ...
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Booker prize 2024: the six shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

The Conversation 06 Nov 2024
James is an incredible re-writing of Mark Twain’s 1884 American classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ... an enthralling reimagining of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of formerly enslaved Jim.
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The week’s bestselling books, Nov. 10

The Los Angeles Times 06 Nov 2024
1. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history and the people they love. 2 ... 3 ... Norton & Co. ... 4 ... $30) LAPD Det ... $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 6.
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In bestsellers, Bob Woodward’s ‘War’ takes top spot in nonfiction

Daily Press 04 Nov 2024
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Oct ... ___ FICTION. 1. THE WAITING, by Michael Connelly ... LAST WEEK. — ... (Doubleday) A reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” shines a different light on Mark Twain’s classic, revealing new facets of Jim ... .
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Alan Sparhawk at Opium review: A visceral and deeply impressionistic show

The Irish Times 03 Nov 2024
At times Sparhawk resembles Huckleberry Finn as man, a wayward yet sincere revelator in dungarees – at one point he raises his arms, beckoning us in, and gathering us up, as he sings Get High in all ...
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Big Mac bridge fire: What to know about Daniel Carter Beard Bridge

Cincinnati.com 01 Nov 2024
Sen ... "An artist of some repute," according to an Enquirer 1977 story, Beard moved to New York in 1878 and illustrated at least three books for his friend Mark Twain – "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn.".
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Phil Lesh, 1940-2024

Colorado Springs Gazette 01 Nov 2024
What would Tom Sawyer have been without Huckleberry Finn? What would Batman have been without Robin? Or Thelma without Louise? Someone can be great on his or her own, but sometimes, in a providential ...
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12 of the world’s best rivers to cruise on

The Times/The Sunday Times 31 Oct 2024
It’s also more popular than ever before ... The Rhine ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... From grand antebellum mansions and Civil War battlefields to music-filled cities and Mark Twain’s enduring tale Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ol’ Man River stirs the imagination like no other.
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The week’s bestselling books, Nov. 3

The Los Angeles Times 30 Oct 2024
1. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history and the people they love. 2 ... $30) LAPD Det ... 3 ... $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 4 ... Norton & Co. ... 5.
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Review: Percival Everett’s 'James' is as essential as the American classic it reimagines

The Post and Courier 27 Oct 2024
Percival Everett’s latest novel, "James," reimagines Mark Twain’s classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by centering the action around Huck’s situational sidekick, the enslaved man called Jim ... .
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My View: Building boats and forts made for joyful adventures once upon a time

The Buffalo News 24 Oct 2024
I am on my third reading of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” What I like most about it is being on the river with Huck and Jim, messing around in boats and rafts. When I was very young, I had a ....
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The week’s bestselling books, Oct. 27

The Los Angeles Times 23 Oct 2024
1. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history and the people they love. 2 ... $30) LAPD Det ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 7 ... 8 ... 9 ... 10 ... …1.
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‘For too long literature has been defined by one set of people’: writing back to the empire and beyond

The Observer 23 Oct 2024
To define a people’s past is to influence their future ... Read more ... Lately we have seen it from Percival Everett, whether in Erasure or the Booker-shortlisted James, in which he retells Huckleberry Finn from the enslaved Jim’s perspective ... Share ... .

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