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Deacon King Kong by James McBride
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .38 from his pocket, and in front of everybody shoots the project's drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this desperate burs ...Show more
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKTOP TEN BOOKS OF 2020, NEW YORK TIMES'A hilarious, pitch-perfect comedy set in the Brooklyn projects of the late 1960s. This alone may qualify it as one of the year's best novels.' The Washington PostFrom the winner of a National Book Award and aut ...Show more
Deacon King Kong - A Novel by James McBride
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
From James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, one of the most anticipated novels of the year: a wise and witty tale about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting.In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard ...Show more
The Color of Water by James Mcbride
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography / Memoir
As a boy in Brooklyn, James McBride knew his mother was different. But when he asked her about it, she'd simply say, 'I'm light-skinned.' Later he wondered if he was different too and asked his mother if he was black or white. 'You're a human being,' she snapped. 'Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody! ...Show more
The Colour of Water: A Man's Tribute to His Mother by James McBride
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography / Memoir
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The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for FictionSoon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Shreiber and Jaden Smith A Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Oprah Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year "A magnificent new novel by the best-selling author James McBride." -cover review of "The New York Times ...Show more
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
$55.00 AUD
Category: New Fiction
Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857, the region a battlefield between anti and pro slavery forces. When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an arguement between Brown and Henry's master quickly turns violent. Henry is forced to leave town wi ...Show more
The Good Lord Bird (TVTI) by James McBride
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856 a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces when legendary abolitionist John Brown arrives. When an argument between Brown and Henry's master turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town along with Brown, who believes Henr ...Show more
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
'I loved this book' BONNIE GARMUS 'A generous, compassionate book about the power of love and community' LOUISE KENNEDY 'I can't recommend this one highly enough ' HARLAN COBEN 'THIS is his best book' ANN PATCHETT THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER BARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK AMAZON.COM #1 BOOK OF THE ...Show more
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
The new novel from the bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Oprah Book Club-picked, Barack Obama favourite James McBride. In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a we ...Show more
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