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Deacon King Kong, James McBride

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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. In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .45 from his pocket, and in front of everybody shoots the project's drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride's funny, moving novel and his first since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird. 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 neighbours, the local cops assigned to investigate, the members of the Five Ends Baptist Church where Sportcoat was deacon, the neighbourhood's Italian mobsters, and Sportcoat himself. As the story deepens, it becomes clear that the lives of the characters--caught in the tumultuous swirl of 1960s New York--overlap in unexpected ways. When the truth does emerge, McBride shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, that the best way to grow is to face change without fear, and that the seeds of love lie in hope and compassion. Bringing to these pages both his masterly storytelling skills and his abiding faith in humanity, James McBride has written a novel every bit as involving as The Good Lord Bird and as emotionally honest as The Colour of Water. Told with insight and wit, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us
Language
eng
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Extent
370 pages
Isbn
9780857527660
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Deacon King Kong
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Deacon King Kong
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James McBride
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Deacon King Kong
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a novel
Creator
Author
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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. In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .45 from his pocket, and in front of everybody shoots the project's drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride's funny, moving novel and his first since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird. 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 neighbours, the local cops assigned to investigate, the members of the Five Ends Baptist Church where Sportcoat was deacon, the neighbourhood's Italian mobsters, and Sportcoat himself. As the story deepens, it becomes clear that the lives of the characters--caught in the tumultuous swirl of 1960s New York--overlap in unexpected ways. When the truth does emerge, McBride shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, that the best way to grow is to face change without fear, and that the seeds of love lie in hope and compassion. Bringing to these pages both his masterly storytelling skills and his abiding faith in humanity, James McBride has written a novel every bit as involving as The Good Lord Bird and as emotionally honest as The Colour of Water. Told with insight and wit, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us
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QPPL
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1957-
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McBride, James
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fiction
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  • Deacons
  • Drug dealers
  • Murder
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Deacons
  • Drug dealers
  • Neighbourhoods
  • Public housing
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
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Deacon King Kong, James McBride
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Control code
000067582986
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
370 pages
Isbn
9780857527660
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1182550650
Label
Deacon King Kong, James McBride
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000067582986
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
370 pages
Isbn
9780857527660
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1182550650

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