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Deacon King Kong is a novel by James McBride. It notably won the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence for Fiction, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction, and Thurber Prize for American Humor . Narrative
In December 2020, Emily Temple of Literary Hub reported that his novel Deacon King Kong had made 16 lists of the best books of 2020, [13] while in February 2021 it won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. [14] Deacon King Kong received the 2021 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for fiction [15] and was selected for Oprah's Book Club.
James Gleick: The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood: Finalist [3] [4] Manning Marable: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention: 2013: Timothy Egan: Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis: Winner [5] [6] [7] Jill Lepore: The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death: Finalist [5] [6 ...
The Library of Congress has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to James McBride, whose acclaimed novels include “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” “Deacon King Kong” and “The Good ...
McBride, the prize-winning author of “Deacon King Kong,” “The Good Lord Bird” and “The Color of Water” and an accomplished musician, writes sentences and paragraphs that swing like ...
McBride has been among the country's most honored authors in recent years, winning a National Book Award for “Good Lord Bird,” the Kirkus Prize for “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" and the Carnegie Medal for “Deacon King Kong,” which Oprah Winfrey chose for her book club. In 2016, he was given a National Humanities Medal.
James McBride, author of "Deacon King Kong," is the winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. McBride is an author, musician and songwriter.
Marlon James: A Brief History of Seven Killings [5] 2016 Mary Morris: The Jazz Palace [6] 2017 Peter Ho Davies: The Fortunes [7] Karan Mahajan: The Association of Small Bombs: 2018 Jesmyn Ward: Sing, Unburied, Sing [8] 2019 Tommy Orange: There There [9] 2020 Namwali Serpell: The Old Drift [10] [11] 2021 James McBride: Deacon King Kong [12] 2022 ...