Funny, sad, deep, and magical. An amazing array of characters set against the backdrop of a 1960s Brooklyn housing project. Poignant, but also mysterious. The memorable main character, drunken Sportcoat, made me laugh and brought tears to my. Elefante, the police officer Potts, Sister Gee and the drug dealer Deems, are all full of life, dreams and difficulty. The book weaves together several strands of mysteries of people looking for missing treasure in a beautiful way. In the end, I wept for a story well told and meaningful.
From the NY Times review, which sums it up perfectly:
“Deacon King Kong” is many things: a mystery novel, a crime novel, an urban farce, a portrait of a project community. There’s even some western in here. The novel is, in other words, a lot. Fortunately, it is also deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane; McBride’s ability to inhabit his characters’ foibled, all-too-human interiority helps transform a fine book into a great one.
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