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7 days Originally published. An alcoholic who was once a baseball coach and umpire Sportcoat approaches a young drug dealer from the Cause named Deems Clemens and attempts to kill Deems by shooting him.

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. In Deacon King Kong narrative omniscience leaves room for despair as it must but its over-all energy never flags. James McBrides Deacon King Kong is a humorous take on Black life in the Projects Cuffy Jasper Lambkin better known as Sportcoat to his fellow members of the Five Ends Baptist. Summary Of Deacon King Kong book.

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James McBride Print Length. Hes a character right out of a Mario Puzo novel a stoic middle-aged Genovese with an icy temper who strives mightily to keep out of the drug business as Don Corleone did. With Sportcoat aka Deacon King Kong for his two most prominent passions the author has created an unforgettable protagonist for the ages.

March 3 2020 Author. Sportcoat is an alcoholic with memory issues frequently mixing up past and present. Sometimes the most affirmative thing you can do as a.

Deems is not killed thanks to the intervention of an undercover police officer named Jet but he is injured. In fact McBride does a wonderful job. In Deacon King Kong the venerable James McBrides first novel since winning the National Book Award in 2013 for The Good Lord Bird a grief-stricken church deacon.

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