Deacon King Kong

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<p><b>A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK<br>From author of NYT bestseller, THE HEAVEN &amp; EARTH GROCERY STORE<br>A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD winner &amp; WINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTION</b><br><b>TOP TEN books of the year, NEW YORK TIMES &amp; WASHINGTON POST</b><br><br><b>'Brilliantly imagined, larger than life, a tragicomedic epic.' JOYCE CAROL OATES</b><br><br><b>'Deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane.' JUNOT DIAZ</b><br><br><b>'Among the greatest American storytellers of our time.' BOOKPAGE<br><br>'A modern day Mark Twain' NYT Book Review<br><br>***</b><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br>______________________<br><br><b>'When I met James McBride, I felt like I'd had coffee with a hysterically funny Leo Tolstoy' Ethan Hawke</b><br><br><b>'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.' </b><i>The Washington Post</i><br><br><b>What Goodreads readers are saying:</b><br><br>***** '<i>Deacon King Kong</i> is one of those novels whose brilliance sneaks up on you. I haven't been this pleasantly surprised by a book in a whi

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780857527585

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

199 x 130 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Verlag / Hersteller

Transworld Publ. Ltd UK