Deacon King Kong - James McBride

From The Author Of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. A York Times Bestseller And Oprahs Book Club Pick Chosen By Barack Obama As A Favourite Read Top Ten Books Of The Year, York Times & Washington Post National Book Award Winning Author 'brilliantly Imagined, Larger Than Life, A Tragicomedic Epic.' Joyce Carol Oates 'deeply Felt, Beautifully Written And Profoundly Humane.' Junot Diaz 'among The Greatest American Storytellers Of Our Time.' Bookpage 'a Modern Day Mark Twain' Nyt Book Review The Year Is 1969. In A Housing Project In South Brooklyn, A Shambling Old Church Deacon Called Sportcoat Shoots - For No Apparent Reason - The Local Drug-dealer Who To Be Part Of The Churchs Baseball Team.