Arts & Entertainments FICTION Huck Finn's Tormented Father A haunting novel imagines Huck Finn's father as a violent bigot who found fleeting joy with a slave February 17, 2007 ...

In a fever dream of a retelling, America's new reigning king of satire has turned a loved classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, upside down, placing Huck's enslaved companion Jim at the center.