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Deacon king kong book review6/29/2023 If you’re a fan of James McBride, literary fiction, or are just searching for an atmospheric story to get lost in, you’ll want to pick up Deacon King Kong. The characters and their community are crystal clear in my mind and I didn’t want their story to end. All the characters eventually connect in surprising and clever ways to share a poignant and often hilarious tale of faith and change in the whirlwind of 1960s New York. What follows is the incredible story of the people affected by the shooting: from the victim and the witnesses to the local police officers and the Italian mob. Death is sure to find Sportcoat now that the top drug dealer in the Cause has been shot. Then comes the day that Sportcoat walks up to the flagpole where the young man called Deems is dealing drugs and shoots him with an old. Bad health has followed him his whole life, from South Carolina to New York, and yet the man continues to cheat death. The old man has been an alcoholic for years, nipping the homemade liquor called King Kong in the basement, but he’s quickly spiraling. Members of the Five Ends Baptist Church are concerned about their deacon, Sportcoat, after the death of his wife Hettie. His upcoming release Deacon King Kong is a stunning look at African American and Latinx residents of the Cause Houses in south Brooklyn during the 1960s. His characters are always fully realized and he allows readers to learn everything about them through subtle but powerful development. James McBride is an incredible storyteller.
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