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. 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 f Deacon King Kong - James McBride od authora James McBride a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
James McBride |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
384 |
Rok vydání |
2020 |
Žánr |
beletrie |
Nakladatelství |
Transworld |