'I'd love a scathing review': novelist Percival Everett on American Fiction and rewriting Huckleberry Finn | Percival Everett

His work triumphed at the Oscars, but the Booker-shortlisted author isn’t interested in acclaim. He talks to the Guardian about race, taking on Mark Twain and why there’s nothing worse than preaching to the choir

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