NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK CHOSEN BY
BARACK OBAMA AS A FAVOURITE READ TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR, NEW
YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST 'Brilliantly imagined, larger than
life, a tragicomedic epic of intertwined lives.' JOYCE CAROL OATES
'Deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane.' JUNOT
DIAZ, New York Times Book Review The year is 1969. 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. 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. 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 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. ______________________ From the winner of a
National Book Award and author of the bestselling memoir,The Color
of Water, and The Good Lord Bird, a TV series starring Ethan Hawke
'A hilarious, pitch-perfect comedy set in the Brooklyn projects of
the late 1960s. This alone may qualify it as one of the year's best
novels.' The Washington Post What Goodreads readers are saying:
***** 'Deacon King Kong is one of those novels whose brilliance
sneaks up on you. I haven't been this pleasantly surprised by a
book in a while.' ***** 'I do believe I just finished one of my all
time favorite books. I loved every minute spent with Sportcoat and
his community. A good old fashioned yarn shot through with truth,
spirit, and humor. I LOVED it!' ***** 'This book was a balm for my
soul, a portrait of a black church community circa 1969 with sweet
characters (well, most of them), interconnections that stretch back
decades, and a plot with more than one mystery at its heart.' *****
'"Deacon" has the texture of folk lore and fable mixed with the
unexpected rhythms of jazz and the noisy streets of late 1960s
Brooklyn.' ***** 'The ending was one of those where you clutch your
heart and want to hug the book (or your Kindle).'
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