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Deacon King Kong

by James McBride

2020 · literary fiction · adult

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Set in 2 places · 2 primary
Sense of Place
5/5

Set in

  • ★
    Brooklyn, New York City · United States
    Cause Houses housing project, South Brooklyn, 1969
    ★ primary
  • ★
    Red Hook · United States
    Red Hook, Brooklyn housing project in September 1969; church deacon shoots the drug dealer in the Cause Houses courtyard
    ★ primary

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