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1. www.goodreads.com › book › showDeacon King Kong by James McBride | Goodreads

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   Mar 3, 2020 · A church deacon shoots a drug dealer in a Brooklyn housing project in 1969, sparking a chain of events involving various characters and secrets. Deacon King Kong is a humorous and insightful novel by the author of The Good Lord Bird, a National Book Award winner.

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   • Author: James Mcbride

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3. www.nytimes.com › 2020/02/29 › booksJames McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ Is a Supercharged Urban ...

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   Feb 29, 2020 · All he wants is to find the Christmas fund money and maybe pull the old baseball team together for one last run. “Deacon King Kong” is many things: a mystery novel, a crime novel, an urban ...

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   Mar 3, 2020 · Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Kindle Edition. by James McBride (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.5 20,109 ratings. Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction. See all formats and editions. Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction. Winner of the Gotham Book Prize.

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6. www.npr.org › 2020/03/07 › 809759063Review: 'Deacon King Kong,' By James McBride : NPR

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   Mar 7, 2020 · Purchase. 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...

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   Jun 25, 2020 · Synopsis. In Deacon King Kong, Cuffy "Sportcoat" Lambkin is a 71-year-old deacon for a church in the projects. One day, he gets trashed and goes to the neighborhood plaza and shoots Deems Clemens, a ruthless 19-year-old local drug dealer. Sixteen people see the shooting, but no one talks.

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   “With its luscious prose, exuberant wit and outsized characters, Deacon King Kong echoes brilliant storytellers from Eudora Welty to Richard Pryor. It also buzzes with the energy and deep awareness of black history that animate McBride’s wonderful biography of James Brown, Kill ‘Em and Leave.

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   Is Deacon King Kong a good book?

   • Deacon King Kong tells the fictional story of one Brooklyn project, but in so doing tells a broader story of race and religion, getting by and getting out, and how grudges and alliances become embedded in the foundations of our neighborhoods. An incredibly satisfying read.

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   • Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel - Kindle edition by McBride, James. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. Price set by seller. Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group. Not in a club? Learn more

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   What happened in deacon King Kong?

   • In Deacon King Kong, author James McBride explores the aftermath of the shooting and the effect on both the people involved and others around them in this oft-neglected neighborhood in South Brooklyn. From the gangsters, to the church-goers and the cops sent to investigate, the shooting sets off a dramatic chain of events.

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   What is 'Deacon King Kong' about?

   • All he wants is to find the Christmas fund money and maybe pull the old baseball team together for one last run. “Deacon King Kong” is many things: a mystery novel, a crime novel, an urban farce, a portrait of a project community. There’s even some western in here. The novel is, in other words, a lot.

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    Deacon King Kong: A Novel Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. James McBride (Author), Dominic Hoffman (Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher) 4.5 20,080 ratings. Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction. See all formats and editions. Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction. Winner of the Gotham Book Prize.

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