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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 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. 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 Color of Water. Told with insight and wit, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
370 pages
Isbn
9780735216723
Instance
Label
Deacon King Kong
Title
Deacon King Kong
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James McBride
Creator
Author
Subject
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 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. 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 Color of Water. Told with insight and wit, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us"--
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Tone
Writing style
Character
Award
  • ALA Notable Book, 2021.
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2021.
  • New York Times Notable Book, 2020
  • Loan Stars Favourites, 2020.
  • Thurber Prize for American Humor, 2021.
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10844703
Cataloging source
DLC
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1957-
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McBride, James
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3613.C28
LC item number
D43 2020
Literary form
novels
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Drug dealers
  • Deacons
  • Neighborhoods
  • Public housing
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • FICTION / African American / Historical
  • FICTION / Literary
  • Deacons
  • Manners and customs
  • Neighborhoods
  • Public housing
  • New York (State)
  • Drug traffic
  • Neighborhood
  • Homicide
  • Deacons
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
Target audience
adult
Label
Deacon King Kong, James McBride
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Publication
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
370 pages
Isbn
9780735216723
Lccn
2019045146
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1122690620
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
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
370 pages
Isbn
9780735216723
Lccn
2019045146
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1122690620

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