August Book du Mois: *James* by Percival Everett!

Votes are in! *James* by Percival Everett is our Book du Mois for August!

August's Book du Mois meeting is on 8/28 @ 6:15pm!

Synopsis:
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view

When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.

Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim’s agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.

You may also like the following events from Beausoleil Books:

• Next Thursday, 31st July, 06:15 pm, July Book du Mois: *The God of the Woods* by Liz Moore in Lafayette
• Next Friday, 1st August, 05:00 pm, An Evening with Toby LeBlanc! in Lafayette
• Next Saturday, 2nd August, 01:00 pm, Storytime with Britt Gondolfi! in Lafayette

Also check out other Arts events in Lafayette, Literary Art events in Lafayette, Meetups in Lafayette.