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Deacon King Kong won the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Gotham Book Prize, among other accolades. The novel is a funny, moving story about an aging church deacon in 1969 Brooklyn who shoots a local drug dealer, triggering a chain of events that explores the intertwined lives of their diverse community. It is a character-driven narrative that delves into grief, community, and the challenges of the American dream, all told with McBride's signature humor and linguistic flair.
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