McBride's 'Deacon King Kong' wins inaugural Gotham prize

NEW YORK (AP) - James McBride's latest honor for the novel “Deacon King Kong” is a real New York story.

McBride's fictional snapshot of a Brooklyn neighborhood in late 1969 has won the inaugural Gotham Book Prize, given for outstanding writing about New York City. This year, McBride has ...

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