James McBride Deacon King Kong Paperback Book

From the author of THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE...A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and OPRAHS BOOK CLUB PICKChosen by BARACK OBAMA as a favourite readTOP TEN books of the year, NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POSTNATIONAL BOOK AWARD winning authorBrilliantly imagined, larger than life, a tragicomedic epic. JOYCE CAROL OATESDeeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane. JUNOT DIAZAmong the greatest American storytellers of our time. BOOKPAGEA modern day Mark Twain NYT Book ReviewThe year is 1969. In a housing project in south Brooklyn, a shambling old church deacon called Sportcoat shoots for no apparent reason the local drugdealer who used to be part of the churchs baseball team. The repercussions of that moment draw in the whole community, from Sportcoats best friend Hot Sausage to the local Italian mobsters, the police (corrupt and otherwise), and the stalwart ladies of the Five Ends Baptist Church. DEACON 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. It is very funny in places, and heartbreaking in others. From a prizewinning 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. When I met James McBride, I felt like Id had coffee with a hysterically funny Leo Tolstoy Ethan HawkeA hilarious, pitchperfect comedy set in the Brooklyn projects of the late 1960s. This alone may... | James McBride Deacon King Kong Paperback Book