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By Allan Spencer | March 5 2024 | Literature
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view.
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Non-Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – 20th Century
- English > Literature > American Literature – African American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Literature
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
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- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Non-Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – 20th Century
- English > Literature > American Literature – African American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Literature
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- English > Comparative Literature > Literary Criticism
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Non-Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – African American
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of African-Americans
- History > Topical History > History of Literature
- History > U.S. History > African American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Literature
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
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There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bold-faced lies, and Javier Perez is willing to cross it. Victim is a fearless satire about a hustler from the Bronx who sees through the veneer of diversity initiatives and decides to cash in on the odd currency of identity.
- English > Comparative Literature > Major Themes: Satire and Humor
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Latino/a and Chicano/a Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Puerto Rican Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – 21st Century
- English > Literature > American Literature – Latino American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Latin American Literature and Drama
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