Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists

Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists

Salman Rushdie’s memoir a bout his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival Everett’s revisionist historical novel, “James,” are among the finalists for the 75th annual National Book Awards. Others nominated include author-filmmaker Miranda July for her explicit novel on middle age, “All Fours,” and the celebrated Canadian poet Anne Carson for “Wrong Norma.”