Deacon King Kong

Belletristik

• FS.E : Fremdsprachige Schriften : Einzelne Sprachen : Englische Schriften
• DR : Belletristik : Romane, Erzählungen und Novellen

Verfasser:
McBride, James

Verfasser Angabe:
James McBride

Sprache:
Englisch

• Brooklyn
• Englisch
• Gemeinschaft
• Organisiertes Verbrechen
• Migration
• Belletristische Darstellung

Verlag:
Doubleday

Erscheinungsort:
London

Jahr:
2021

Umfang:
370 S.

ISBN:
978-0-85752-758-5

Interessenskreise:
American Literature
American Shelves

Inhalt:
The 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.
This 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. It shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, and that the communities we build are fragile but vital.

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