Adult Book Club Discussion
James by Percival Everett
Please join us for one of our meetings of our Adult Book Club scheduled for Friday, May 9, at 1:30 pm and Tuesday, May 13, at 1:00 pm. We will be discussing the book "James" by Percival Everett.
When 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. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
While many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.
Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a “literary icon” (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.
Copies of the book are available for checkout at the library.
What: Adult Book Club
When/Where: Friday, May 9, at 1:30 p.m. - East Troy Lions Public Library
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When/Where: Tuesday, May 13, at 1:00 p.m. - East Troy Lions Public Library
East Troy Lions Public Library Adult Book Club Reading List 2025
January: The Boys by Katie Hafner
February: Breath by James Nestor
March: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
April: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
May: James by Percival Everett
June: Bookshop of the Broken Hearted by Robert Hillman
July: Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
August: Killing the Witches by Bill O'Reilly
September: The Women by Kristin Hannah
October: Being Henry by Henry Winkler
November: Title to be determined
December: Title to be determined
Series Sampler Book Club - Monday, May 19, at 3:15 pm
For 4th - 6th Graders
