“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 Post
“When I met James McBride, I felt like I'd had coffee with a hysterically funny Leo Tolstoy”
— Ethan Hawke
“Brilliantly imagined, larger than life, a tragicomedic epic.”
— JOYCE CAROL OATES
“Deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane.”
— JUNOT DIAZ
“Among the greatest American storytellers of our time.”
— BOOKPAGE
“A modern day Mark Twain”
— NYT Book Review
Deacon King Kong
Year
2020
Pages
384
Tags
Praise
“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 Post
“When I met James McBride, I felt like I'd had coffee with a hysterically funny Leo Tolstoy”
— Ethan Hawke
“Brilliantly imagined, larger than life, a tragicomedic epic.”
— JOYCE CAROL OATES
“Deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane.”
— JUNOT DIAZ
“Among the greatest American storytellers of our time.”
— BOOKPAGE
“A modern day Mark Twain”
— NYT Book Review
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