{"product_id":"deacon-king-kong","title":"Deacon King Kong","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDeacon King Kong\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJames McBride\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780735216730\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRiverhead Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e400\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the Gotham Book Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of Barack Obama's \"Favorite Books of the Year\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOprah's Book Club Pick \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eReaders Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Novel \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heaven \u0026amp; Earth Grocery Store\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e the National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Good Lord Bird, \u003c\/i\u003eand the bestselling modern classic \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Water\u003c\/i\u003e, comes one of the most celebrated novels of the year.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of \u003ci\u003eDeacon King Kong\u003c\/i\u003e, James McBride's funny, moving novel and his first since his National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Good Lord Bird\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eDeacon King Kong\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Good Lord Bird\u003c\/i\u003e and as emotionally honest as \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Water\u003c\/i\u003e. Told with insight and wit, \u003ci\u003eDeacon King Kong\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us.\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Deacon King Kong | James McBride | Paperback | 9780735216730 | New | Fiction 1368778","offer_id":48162566144152,"sku":"1368778","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/914qA18GrIL.jpg?v=1771871464","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/deacon-king-kong","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}