![]() It is very funny in places, and heartbreaking in others. 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.ĭEACON 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. ![]() 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. 'Deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane.' JUNOT DIAZ, New York Times Book Review 'Brilliantly imagined, larger than life, a tragicomedic epic of intertwined lives.' JOYCE CAROL OATES ⭐ TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR, NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST ![]() ![]() ![]() ⭐ CHOSEN BY BARACK OBAMA AS A FAVOURITE READ ⭐ NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK ![]()
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