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Copyright © 2020 by James McBride
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: McBride, James, 1957– author.
Title: Deacon King Kong : a novel / James McBride.
Description: New York : Riverhead Books, 2020.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019045146 (print) | LCCN 2019045147 (ebook) | ISBN 9780735216723 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780735216747 (ebook)
Classification: LCC PS3613.C28 D43 2020 (print) | LCC PS3613.C28 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019045146
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019045147
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Cover design and art: Jaya Miceli
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