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SKU:
163771
UPC:
9780593418697
MPN:
0593418697
Condition:
Used
Weight:
12.00 Ounces
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Calculated at Checkout

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Author Last Name, Author First Name, Pages, Binding, ISBN 10, ISBN 13, Condition, Publisher, Date Published, Genre,

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Author Last Name:
Mcbride
Author First Name:
James
Pages:
0
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 10:
0593418697
ISBN 13:
9780593418697
Condition:
Used
Publisher:
Riverhead Books / Penguin
Date Published:
1/1/0001
Genre:
General Fiction

Description

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.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.