# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Fiction Book Discussion
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us on Tuesday, February 24 at 1 p.m. to discuss James by Percival Everett.

/* Starred Review */ As in his classic novel Erasure, Everett portrays in this ingenious retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a Black man who's mastered the art of minstrelsy to get what he needs from gullible white people. Many of the same things happen as they do in Twain’s original: Jim escapes from enslavement on a Missouri farm and joins up with Huck, a white boy who’s faked his own death. Huck is fleeing from his abusive father, while Jim is hoping to find a way to free his wife and daughter. The main difference is in the telling. Jim narrates, not Huck, and in so doing he reveals how he employs “slave” talk (“correct incorrect grammar”) when white people can hear, to make them feel safe and superior. Everett also pares down the prose and adds humor in place of sentimentality. When Huck and Jim come upon a band of slave hunters, Huck claims Jim, who’s covered by a tarp, is a white man infected with smallpox (“We keep thinkin’ he gone die, then he just don’t”). Clever additions to the narrative include a tense episode in which Jim is fraudulently sold by a slaver to “Dixie” composer Daniel Decatur Emmett, who has Jim perform in blackface with his singing troupe. Jim’s wrenching odyssey concludes with remarkable revelations, violent showdowns, and insightful meditations on literature and philosophy. Everett has outdone himself.–Publishers Weekly


This program is free and wheelchair accessible. The Kennebunk Free Library is located at 112 Main Street in Kennebunk, Maine. For more information please call 207-985-2173 or email us at kfl@kennebunklibrary.org.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kennebunk/fiction-book-discussion/200029716958421
- **Event Categories**: art, music, health-wellness, literary-art, trips-adventures, entertainment, meditation
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Kennebunk
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 112 Main St, Kennebunk, ME, United States, Maine 04043
- **lat**: 43.38781
- **long**: -70.5378
- **full address**: 112 Main St, Kennebunk, ME, United States, Maine 04043

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Fiction Book Discussion being held?
  - **A:** Fiction Book Discussion takes place on Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm at 112 Main St, Kennebunk, ME, United States, Maine 04043.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Fiction Book Discussion?
  - **A:** Fiction Book Discussion is organized by Kennebunk Free Library.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Fiction Book Discussion is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Kennebunk, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Fiction Book Discussion sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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