October brought us together to discuss Deacon King Kong by James McBride. We were missing Terry and Ed, but the rest of the group absolutely loved this novel. First of all, unanimously we loved the writing. Mindy read us the cheese excerpt as one example:
“This was fresh, rich, heavenly, succulent, soft, creamy, kiss-my-ass, cows-gotta-die-for-this, delightfully salty, moo-ass, good old white folks cheese, cheese to die for, cheese to make you happy, cheese to beat the cheese boss, cheese for the big cheese, cheese to end the world,”
― Deacon King Kong
― Deacon King Kong
McBride takes on the issue of inequity in a way that effectively demonstrates the many different ways people have suffered while not alienating the reader. Someone in our group said that this book read like poetry. The connection between race and color and religion and the inner soul of people was so remarkable in this novel.
“Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. The lies they tell each other sound better to them than the truth does when it comes out of our mouths.”
― Deacon King Kong
― Deacon King Kong
Next month is a book by Amor Towles, The Lincoln Highway. We are meeting at Mindy's on December 2nd.
