The plot is exhilarating, but so is the prose: Each sentence is a side-splitting delight. In answering why Sportcoat felt compelled to uproot the Cause Houses' social milieu, McBride weaves a complicated plot that involves art heists and injustices, repentant mobsters and gossiping church ladies. The novel starts with a shocking incident: Sportcoat Cuffy, a church deacon with a drinking problem, shoots Deems, a 19-year-old drug dealer and former baseball star. Set in Brooklyn's Cause Houses housing project in the year 1969, Deacon King Kong is a polyphonic epic, bursting with vibrant and unforgettable characters. His most recent novel, Deacon King Kong, has officially been selected as Oprah's Book Club pick. James McBride is the author of four novels, a short story collection, a biography, and a modern classic of a memoir.
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