Deacon King Kong by James McBride

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date started: 3/7/2022

date finished: 3/18/2022

pages: 383

genre: fiction

from: mpl

reason: challenge

Sportcoat shoots Deems for no apparent reason.  His wife Hettie died (walked into the water) and he continues to walk around drunk talking to her.  They argue over where she put the church Christmas Fund.  Deems has no idea why Sportcoat shot him.  There is a warrant out for Hot Sausage for the shooting because Sportcoat and him share a driver's license and ends up, the name on the driver's license isn't even Hot Sausage's name.  He is a man with many names LOL

The Governor meets with the Elephant for a package deliver from the Elephant's dead dad.  The Elephant has no clue what the package is.  All the Elephant wants is someone to love him (he found her...the Governor's daughter).

Here is were it gets exciting.  Bunch (the drug dealer) tells Earl to take care of Sportcoat.  First he tries to beat him with a pipe and instead gets hit in the head with a baseball.

Soup is released from prison so they are having a party for him.  There is a fight at this party like all true parties.  Well Earl is trying to stab Sportcoat with a switchblade.  There is a slo-mo scene where a bottle of brandy is flying around.  It ends up knocking Earl in the head and he gets knocked out.  Then, he comes back for more.  Hot Sausage and Sportcoat are working on the generator (well Hot Sausage is...Sportcoat is drinking...as is Hot Sausage).  Earl sneaks into the basement and is about to attack Sportcoat and instead gets electrocuted.  

Bunch, fed up with Earl, hired Harold Dean.  Deems decided to make the moves on a new girl in town (one of his clients).  This horribly backfires when she ends up being Haroldeen.  She is the hitman Bunch hired.  She shot Deems, Beanie (killed him), Hot Sausage, and Sportcoat.  Sportcoat pulls Deems out of the water (I think...I was confused as to who was wearing the umpire uniform).  Everyone thought they all died.  

Sportcoat ends up dying at the end after trying to get sober.

Jesus CHEESE!  No one found the church Christmas Fund but the Elephant gave them some money.  Never found out why Sportcoat shot Deems.  The Governor found the package in Jesus's hand.

This book is simply fantastic!  It is laugh out loud hilarious.  I love this book.  The writing is funny.  The characters are so unbelievable but they are so real.