Deacon King Kong
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction · 2021 · WinnerKirkus Prize (Fiction) · 2020 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | 2021 | Winner |
| Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction | 2020 | Shortlist |
About This Book
James McBride's comedic novel is set in a 1960s Brooklyn housing project and follows the explosive consequences when an elderly deacon shoots a drug dealer. Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.
About the Author
James McBrideAmerican
James McBride is an American author, musician, and journalist. Born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in 1957, to a Black father and a white Jewish mother, he studied journalism at Oberlin College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of the celebrated memoir The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (1996), which spent over two years on the New York Times bestseller list and has sold more than two million copies. Read more →
