***** '"Deacon" has the texture of folk lore and fable mixed with the unexpected rhythms of jazz and the noisy streets of late 1960s Brooklyn.' ***** '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.' A good old fashioned yarn shot through with truth, spirit, and humor. I loved every minute spent with Sportcoat and his community. ***** 'I do believe I just finished one of my all time favorite books. I haven't been this pleasantly surprised by a book in a while.'
***** ' Deacon King Kong is one of those novels whose brilliance sneaks up on you. This alone may qualify it as one of the year's best novels.' The Washington Post
'A hilarious, pitch-perfect comedy set in the Brooklyn projects of the late 1960s. 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.įrom 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 It is very funny in places, and heartbreaking in others. 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.ĭEACON 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.
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. 'Deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane.' JUNOT DIAZ, New York Times Book Review 'Brilliantly imagined, larger than life, a tragicomedic epic of intertwined lives.' JOYCE CAROL OATES TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR, NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKĬHOSEN BY BARACK OBAMA AS A FAVOURITE READ
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