Author
Percival Everett
Percival Everett is the American novelist behind Erasure (the source for the 2023 film American Fiction), Telephone, The Trees, and James (2024 NBCC and PEN/Faulkner finalist). He has published more than thirty novels and remains one of the most underread major American writers.
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3
Books on file
3
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Years active
2001-2024
Reviewed
Our reviews of Percival Everett's work
James
by Percival Everett
James by Percival Everett 2024 review. A retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved man Jim, in his own voice. The most important American novel of 2024 and the right Everett entry point.
Erasure
by Percival Everett
Erasure by Percival Everett 2001 review. A Black literary novelist writes a deliberately stereotype-saturated parody novel that becomes a commercial sensation. The basis for American Fiction (2023).
The Trees
by Percival Everett
The Trees by Percival Everett 2021 review. Brutal murders in Money, Mississippi, all link to the 1955 Emmett Till lynching. Booker Prize shortlist 2022.
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What we have said about Percival Everett
Erasure by Percival Everett 2001 review. A Black literary novelist writes a deliberately stereotype-saturated parody novel that becomes a commercial sensation. The basis for American Fiction (2023).
The Trees by Percival Everett 2021 review. Brutal murders in Money, Mississippi, all link to the 1955 Emmett Till lynching. Booker Prize shortlist 2022.
James by Percival Everett 2024 review. A retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved man Jim, in his own voice. The most important American novel of 2024 and the right Everett entry point.