Deacon King Kong by James McBride is a Random House publication. Bold, Brilliant and Captivating! Set in Brooklyn, the story starts off with a literal bang when an elderly church deacon, known as ‘Sportcoat’, shoots Deems Clemens, a drug dealer, in front of the Cause houses housing project, with no shortage of witnesses/5. Deacon King Kong | James McBride. Books. Deacon King Kong. Deacon King Kong. OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. From the author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird and the bestselling modern classic The Color of Water, comes one of the most celebrated novels of the year. In September , a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as . In Deacon King Kong, McBride brings to vivid life the people affected by the shooting: the victim, the African-American and Latinx residents who witnessed it, the white neighbors, the local cops assigned to investigate, the members of the Five Ends Baptist Church where Sportcoat was deacon, the neighborhood’s Italian mobsters, and Sportcoat himself/5(K).
Editorial Reviews. Praise for DEACON KING KONG: "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 "A hilarious, pitch-perfect comedy set in the Brooklyn projects of the late s. Award-winning author James McBride has built a career exploring American culture and identity through storytelling. His latest book "Deacon King Kong" looks at how communities pull together in the. Deacon King Kong received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for fiction. Saxophonist and composer. McBride is the tenor saxophonist for the Rock Bottom Remainders, a group of best-selling authors who are also musicians. "Hopefully", McBride says, "the group has retired for good.".
Deacon King Kong was published in and written by American author James McBride. It is an example of near-historical fiction written about American cities and social issues. McBride’s memoir about growing up in a mixed-race family in Brooklyn, The Color of Water, was both a commercial and critical success, and his own life experience aligns with some of the narratives and issues in Deacon King Kong. James McBride's Deacon King Kong is a feverish love letter to New York City, people, and writing. The prose is relentless and McBride's storytelling skills shine as he drags readers at breakneck. Deacon King Kong A novel. James McBride, Book - "From James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, comes a wise and witty novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting.
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