A review by guybrarian133
Deacon King Kong by James McBride

5.0

James McBride's prose was a lyrical flow that swept me up into a community in flux that was nearly-overflowing with a dazzling array of fleshed-out characters with constantly intersecting paths, the most memorable of them all (and one of the most memorable fictional characters I have encountered in a good while, period) being the deacon for whom this very book is titled. At times side-splittingly ridiculous, at others absolutely wrenching and real, and all-around just a beautiful work of literary art that I just could not put down.