⭐ NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK ⭐ CHOSEN BY BARACK OBAMA AS A FAVOURITE
READ⭐ TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST'Brilliantly imagined larger
than life a tragicomedic epic of intertwined lives.' JOYCE CAROL OATES 'Deeply felt
beautifully written and profoundly humane.' JUNOT DIAZ New York Times Book Review The year is
1969. 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. 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. DEACON 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. It is very funny in places and heartbreaking in others. 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. ______________________ From
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 'A hilarious pitch-perfect comedy set
in the Brooklyn projects of the late 1960s. This alone may qualify it as one of the year's best
novels.' The Washington Post What Goodreads readers are saying: ***** 'Deacon King Kong is one
of those novels whose brilliance sneaks up on you. I haven't been this pleasantly surprised by
a book in a while.' ***** 'I do believe I just finished one of my all time favorite books. I
loved every minute spent with Sportcoat and his community. A good old fashioned yarn shot
through with truth spirit and humor. I LOVED it!' ***** '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.' ***** 'Deacon has the texture of folk lore and fable mixed with the unexpected rhythms
of jazz and the noisy streets of late 1960s Brooklyn.' ***** 'The ending was one of those where
you clutch your heart and want to hug the book (or your Kindle).'
