Deacon King Kong: Barack Obama Favourite Read & Oprah's Book Club Pick

⭐ 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 ReviewThe year is 1969. In 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 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.______________________From the winner of a National Book Award and author of the bestselling memoirThe 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 1960s. This alone may qualify it as one of the year's best novels.' The Washington PostWhat 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 books. I 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).'