{"product_id":"book-1z90","title":"Huckleberry Jim","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cem\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Editor's Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA darkly funny 1991 road novel about two actors touring a stripped-down \u003cem\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e through a hostile America-perfect for listeners of Paul Beatty's \u003cem\u003eThe Sellout \u003c\/em\u003eand Percival Everett's \u003cem\u003eJames\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAxel Emerson isn't chasing a dream-he's running from a body. After the sudden death of his estranged father, and the detective's calls that follow, a washed-up casting agent offers him an exit: tour the schools as Huck Finn in a stripped-down, two-man stage version of the American classic. It's 1991, and the country is cracking open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis co-star is Moses Morton, a fifty-five-year-old Black actor cast as Jim-and from the first moment, Moses sees straight through him. Their road trip through hostile American towns becomes a crash course in race, history, and performative ignorance, recited from lines a white man wrote in 1884 about a country that hasn't changed as much as it thinks. When performance and reality finally collide, there's no script left to hide behind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":68346211500267,"sku":"DZ1z90","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/2127\/6139\/files\/1z90-Square-cover.jpg?v=1793664338","url":"https:\/\/www.blackstoneunlimited.com\/products\/book-1z90","provider":"Blackstone Unlimited","version":"1.0","type":"link"}