Deacon King Kong by James McBride James McBride's first novel since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird is Deacon King Kong, a probing story of faith, violence, and community. In 1969, an ageing church deacon named Sportcoat walks into a south Brooklyn housing project and shoots a local drug dealer in front of everyone. But that's just the beginning of a story that explores how one shocking act of violence impacts and alters an entire community. Out March 3 Image Source: Amazon.com