Events › Adult Fiction Book Discussion: Deacon King Kong

Join us at the Harold Washington Library Center on the third Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. for a fiction book discussion for adults.

On Saturday, February 15, we'll discuss Deacon King Kong by James McBride, named one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and TIME Magazine

"In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .38 from his pocket, and, in front of everybody, shoots the project’s drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride’s funny, moving novel. . . .  As the story deepens, it becomes clear that the lives of the characters—caught in the tumultuous swirl of 1960s New York—overlap in unexpected ways. When the truth does emerge, McBride shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, that the best way to grow is to face change without fear, and that the seeds of love lie in hope and compassion." --Publisher marketing

Copies of this month's selection will be available prior to the event at the 7th floor Literature and Language reference desk. 

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