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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     McBride, James, 1957-     Subjects     Drug dealers -- Crimes against -- Fiction.     Deacons -- Fiction.     Murder -- Fiction.     Neighborhoods -- Fiction.     Public housing -- Fiction.     Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.     New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.     New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.     Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McBride, James, 1957-       by title:      Deacon King Kong : a...       by call number:      FICTION MCB     Search the Web     McBride, James, 1957-     Drug dealers -- Crimes against -- Fiction.     Deacons -- Fiction.     Murder -- Fiction.     Neighborhoods -- Fiction.     Public housing -- Fiction.     Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.     New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.     New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.     Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Deacon King Kong : a novel / James McBride. by McBride, James, 1957- Riverhead Books, 2020. Call #: FICTION MCB Subjects Drug dealers -- Crimes against -- Fiction.   Deacons -- Fiction.   Murder -- Fiction.   Neighborhoods -- Fiction.   Public housing -- Fiction.   Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.   New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.   New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.   Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780735216723 (hc.) Description:  370 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "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 .38 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. 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."--Publisher. Awards:  Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2021. Genre:  Historical fiction. Black fiction. Holds:  4   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION MCB Adult books Checked out Jun 04, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION MCB Adult books Checked out Jul 20, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION MCB Adult books Checked out Jul 25, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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