Deacon King Kong - A Novel

Door: McBride, James

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• ISBN: 9780857527585
• Uitgever: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Taal: Engels
• Categorie: romans
• Details: 2021, Paperback, shelf/user wear,front page removed, scuff marks on edge, good copy
• Extra informatie: The year is 1969. 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 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. DEACON 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. It is very funny in places, and heartbreaking in others. From a prize-winning storyteller, this New York Times bestseller shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, and that the communities we build are fragile but vital.
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