Deacon King Kong: A Novel (Unabridged) James McBride
Deacon King Kong: A Novel (Unabridged)
James McBride
Oprah calls her new book club pick “inspiring, with a Shakespearean cast of characters—and funny too.” James McBride’s first novel since 2013’s acclaimed The Good Lord Bird isn’t a whodunit, it’s a whydunit. In 1960s Brooklyn, a moonshine-loving church deacon nicknamed Sportcoat walks into a housing project and shoots a drug dealer. But he can’t remember why he did it. The openhearted story that unfolds is much more than a straightforward crime mystery, veering seamlessly from heartfelt meditations on grief to bawdy slapstick comedy as everyone in the neighborhood reacts to the murder in their own special way. From the moment he first steps into the shoes of McBride’s trigger-happy, porkpie-hat-wearing hero, veteran narrator Dominic Hoffman skillfully adapts to every shift in tone. He inhabits a colorful array of characters with great nicknames like the Elephant and Hot Sausage. This audiobook really drives home that Deacon King Kong is a vivid, life-affirming joy of a novel.
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