![]() ![]() His community pulls together and tries to protect him from the inevitable retribution. From a prize-winning storyteller, this New York Times best seller shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, and that the communities we build are fragile but vital.ĭeacon King Kong is a wonderful book, revolving around the alcoholic Deacon Cuffy Lambkin, aka Sportcoat, and how in an alcohol fuelled haze, he shoots the ear of the local drug dealer. It is very funny in places, and heartbreaking in others. ![]() The repercussions of that moment draw in the whole community, from Sportscoat'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 Sportscoat shoots - for no apparent reason - the local drug-dealer who used to be part of the church's baseball team. The New York Times best seller and Oprah's Book Club Pick.įrom the winner of a National Book Award and author of The Good Lord Bird, soon to be a TV series starring Ethan Hawke. ![]() Chosen by Barack Obama as a favourite read of 2020. ![]()
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