![]() ![]() ![]() I haven’t been this pleasantly surprised by a book in a while.’ ***** ‘Deacon King Kong is one of those novels whose brilliance sneaks up on you. ‘Deacon King Kong is deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane McBride’s ability to inhabit his characters’ foibled, all-too-human interiority helps transform a fine book into a great one’ The New York Times Book Review From a prize-winning storyteller, this New York Times bestseller shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, and that the communities we build are fragile but vital. It is very funny in places, and heartbreaking in others. The repercussions of that moment draw in the whole community, from Sportcoat’s best friend – Hot Sausage – to the local Italian mobsters, the police (corrupt and otherwise), and the stalwart ladies of the Five Ends Baptist Church.ĭEACON KING KONG is a book about a community under threat, about the ways people pull together in an age when the old rules are being rewritten. In a housing project in south Brooklyn, a shambling old church deacon called Sportcoat shoots – for no apparent reason – the local drug-dealer who used to be part of the church’s baseball team. ‘Hilarious, pitch-perfect… one of the year’s best novels.’ The Washington Postįrom the winner of a National Book Award and author of the bestselling memoir,The Color of Water, and The Good Lord Bird, soon to be a TV series starring Ethan Hawke THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK ![]()
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