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Deacon King Kong
McBride, James, 1957-2021
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The year is 1969. In a housing project in south Brooklyn, a shambling old church deacon called Sportscoat 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 Sportscoat'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. This novel is a book about a community under threat, about the ways people pull together in an age when the old rules are being rewritten.
Main title:
Deacon King Kong / James McBride.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Doubleday, 2021.London : Doubleday, 2021.
Collation:
370 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Riverhead Books, 2020.
ISBN:
9780857527585 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
2384663