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Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)

A Novel

Author James McBride
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From James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird: a captivating novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting in a Brooklyn housing project.
In September 1969, a broken-down former church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffled into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in South Brooklyn, pulled out a .45, and in front of everybody shot the neighborhood drug dealer at point-blank range.

The reasons for this burst of violence and the consequences of it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride's new novel. In Deacon King Kong, McBride explores the lives of the people touched by the shooting: the victim, the neighbors who witnessed it, the cops assigned to investigate what happened, the members of the church where Sportcoat was deacon, and Sportcoat himself. It soon becomes clear that the lives of these characters overlap in unexpected ways, and as their stories unfold, McBride reveals that what's secret needn't be hidden forever, and that the way to grow is to face change without fear.

Bringing both his masterly storytelling skills and his abiding faith in humanity to the page, James McBride has written a novel that is every bit as involving as The Good Lord Bird and as emotionally honest as The Color of Water. Told with insight, wit and compassion, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love, fear and faith live in all of us.
© Chia Messina
James McBride is an accomplished musician and author of the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, the #1 bestselling American classic The Color of Water, and the bestsellers Song Yet Sung and Miracle at St. Anna. He is also the author of Kill ’Em and Leave, a James Brown biography. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal in 2016, McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. View titles by James McBride

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From James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird: a captivating novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting in a Brooklyn housing project.
In September 1969, a broken-down former church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffled into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in South Brooklyn, pulled out a .45, and in front of everybody shot the neighborhood drug dealer at point-blank range.

The reasons for this burst of violence and the consequences of it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride's new novel. In Deacon King Kong, McBride explores the lives of the people touched by the shooting: the victim, the neighbors who witnessed it, the cops assigned to investigate what happened, the members of the church where Sportcoat was deacon, and Sportcoat himself. It soon becomes clear that the lives of these characters overlap in unexpected ways, and as their stories unfold, McBride reveals that what's secret needn't be hidden forever, and that the way to grow is to face change without fear.

Bringing both his masterly storytelling skills and his abiding faith in humanity to the page, James McBride has written a novel that is every bit as involving as The Good Lord Bird and as emotionally honest as The Color of Water. Told with insight, wit and compassion, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love, fear and faith live in all of us.

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© Chia Messina
James McBride is an accomplished musician and author of the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, the #1 bestselling American classic The Color of Water, and the bestsellers Song Yet Sung and Miracle at St. Anna. He is also the author of Kill ’Em and Leave, a James Brown biography. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal in 2016, McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. View titles by James McBride

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  • Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)
    Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)
    A Novel
    James McBride
    978-0-7352-1673-0
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    Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)
    A Novel
    James McBride
    978-0-593-16698-7
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    Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)
    A Novel
    James McBride
    978-0-7352-1672-3
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    Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)
    A Novel
    James McBride
    978-0-7352-1674-7
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  • Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)
    Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)
    A Novel
    James McBride
    978-0-7352-1673-0
    Paperback
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    Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)
    A Novel
    James McBride
    978-0-593-16698-7
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    A Novel
    James McBride
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    A Novel
    James McBride
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  • The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)
    The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)
    A Novel
    James McBride
    978-1-59463-278-5
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  • The Color of Water
    The Color of Water
    A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
    James McBride
    978-1-59448-192-5
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  • The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)
    The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)
    A Novel
    James McBride
    978-1-59463-278-5
    Paperback
  • The Color of Water
    The Color of Water
    A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
    James McBride
    978-1-59448-192-5
    Paperback
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