Introduction: Playing Metafictional Games with Percival Everett

Abstract

This introduction to the special issue on Percival Everett provides a general overview of his work for new readers and then discusses it in terms of metafiction and play, focusing especially on his 2022 novel Dr. No. The text concludes with brief summaries of the essays contained in the special issue.

Keywords

• Percival Everett
• Metafiction
• Play
• Games