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Deacon King Kong by James McBride
$33.00 AUD
Category: 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
$23.00 AUD
Category: 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
Miracle at St. Anna by James McBride
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Look out for McBride's new book, Five-Carat Soul From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a James Brown biography. James McBride's powerful memoir, The Color of Water, was a groundbreaking literary phe ...Show more
The Color of Water by James Mcbride
$25.00 AUD
Category: General
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 Good Lord Bird by James McBride
$39.95 AUD
Category: 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
$28.00 AUD
Category: 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: The Major International Bestseller by James McBride
$33.00 AUD
Category: 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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