Deacon King Kong : a novel / James McBride.
Record details
- ISBN: 0593166973
- ISBN: 9780593166970
- ISBN: 9780593166970 : CMD
- ISBN: 0593166973 : CMD
- ISBN: 9780593166970
- ISBN: 0593166973
- Physical Description: 12 audio discs (14 hr., 6 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York] : Penguin Audio, 2020.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from web page. Compact discs. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Dominic Hoffman. |
Summary, etc.: | "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 .45 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, James McBride's funny, moving novel and his first since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird. 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. 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 The Good Lord Bird and as emotionally honest as The Color of Water. Told with insight and wit, Deacon King Kong demonstrates that love and faith live in all of us"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Deacons > Baptists > Fiction. Drug dealers > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Audiobooks. Historical fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 13 of 14 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tolland Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Tolland Public Library | A-CD BOOK MCB (Text) | 34051150355371 | Adult New Book on CD | Available | - |
Electronic resources
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