Deacon King Kong (häftad, eng)

⭐ NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH''S BOOK CLUB PICK
⭐ CHOSEN BY BARACK OBAMA AS A FAVOURITE READ
⭐ TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR, NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST

''Brilliantly imagined, larger than life, a tragicomedic epic of intertwined lives.'' JOYCE CAROL OATES

''Deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane.'' JUNOT DIAZ, New York Times Book Review

The year is 1969In a housing project in south Brooklyn, a shambling old church deacon called Sportcoat 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 Sportcoat''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 rewrittenIt 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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From the winner of a National Book Award and author of the bestselling memoir,The Color of Water, and The Good Lord Bird, a TV series starring Ethan Hawke

''A hilarious, pitch-perfect comedy set in the Brooklyn projects of the late 1960sThis alone may qualify it as one of the year''s best novels.'' The Washington Post

What Goodreads readers are saying:

***** ''Deacon King Kong is one of those novels whose brilliance sneaks up on you. I haven''t been this pleasantly surprised by a book in a while.''

***** ''I do believe I just finished one of my all time favorite booksI loved every minute spent with Sportcoat and his community. A good old fashioned yarn shot through with truth, spirit, and humor. I LOVED it!''

***** ''This book was a balm for my soul, a portrait of a black church community circa 1969 with sweet characters (well, most of them), interconnections that stretch back decades, and a plot with more than one mystery at its heart.''

***** ''"Deacon" has the texture of folk lore and fable mixed with the unexpected rhythms of jazz and the noisy streets of late 1960s Brooklyn.''

***** ''The ending was one of those where you clutch your heart and want to hug the book (or your Kindle).''