Deacon King Kong
(Large Print)
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Published
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2020].
Format
Large Print
Edition
First large print edition.
ISBN
9780593171837, 0593171837
Physical Desc
507 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Status
Fountain City Branch Library - General Fiction - Books
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Published
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2020].
Edition
First large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780593171837, 0593171837
Notes
General Note
"A novel"--Cover.
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 .45 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, James McBride's funny, moving novel and his first since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird. 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."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McBride, J. (2020). Deacon King Kong (First large print edition.). Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McBride, James, 1957-. 2020. Deacon King Kong. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McBride, James, 1957-. Deacon King Kong Random House Large Print, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McBride, James. Deacon King Kong First large print edition., Random House Large Print, 2020.
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