Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
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. The reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of DEACON KING KONG.
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The characters in DKK are vivid and real; the unique names and interrelatedness exemplifies how neighborhoods used to be personified as a be a member of one’s family.
The novel takes off after Chapter 5 as the characters’ purpose become evident.
A fumbling, cranky, old church deacon struts into the courtyard of a crowded Brooklyn housing project and shoots the local drug dealer. What follows will make you laugh out loud and also tear up.
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