Books - Review


Showing all books by: Percival Everett

Dr No
Dr No is a Professor of Nothing, and is employed by Sill, a would-be supervillain. He intends to break into Fort Knox and steal... nothing.
Bit odd, didn't finish it.
Score: 7
Published: 2022
Read: August 17th 2023

The Trees
A white man is found murdered, alongside the body of a black man, but later, the body of the black man disappears. Then, another murder, of another white man, a relative of the first - accompanied by the same black body. Two FBI investigators are sent to the small town of Money, Mississippi, to try and discover the truth but struggle to make sense of what is going on. and then other bodies begin to appear, across the whole country...
Excellent. Very funny and clever.
Score: 8.5
Published: 2021
Read: March 23rd 2025

James
A re-telling of the story of Huckleberry Finn and Jim's adventures on the run down the Mississippi River.
Funny, clever, thoughtful.
Score: 8.5
Published: 2024
Read: September 6th 2025