{"id":3649,"date":"2023-11-10T18:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T17:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/?p=3649"},"modified":"2023-11-10T09:46:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T08:46:49","slug":"deacon-king-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/?p=3649","title":{"rendered":"Deacon King Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Auteur : James McBride<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brooklyn, fin des ann\u00e9es 60. McBride nous emm\u00e8ne dans la cit\u00e9 des Causes Houses o\u00f9 vivent d\u00e9sormais une majorit\u00e9 de noirs am\u00e9ricains, pauvres, croyants, trafiquants, picolos&#8230; bref la vie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Et c&rsquo;est bien de \u00e7a qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agit, la vie quotidienne de certains de ces habitants qui se trouve boulevers\u00e9e, qui par le trafic de drogue qui prend de l&rsquo;ampleur, qui par la mort de sa femme, qui par une rencontre, qui par des envie de retraite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Habitants des Causes Houses, mafieux italiens, flic irlandais, tous sans le savoir ont une histoire commune, puis bient\u00f4t des histoires: le Diacre SportCoat (deacon en anglais) hant\u00e9 par le fant\u00f4me de sa femme et par le King Kong qu&rsquo;il boit par sceaux avec son comp\u00e8re Sausage, Deems le dealer et ex gloire de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe de baseball, Elefante le mafieux en qu\u00eate du grand amour, Potts le flic bient\u00f4t \u00e0 la retraite, soeur Gee qui tente maintenir une certaine coh\u00e9sion autour d&rsquo;elle, et tant d&rsquo;autres figures que l&rsquo;on est amen\u00e9 \u00e0 c\u00f4toyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Des histoires de r\u00e9demption, d&rsquo;amiti\u00e9, des vies dures sans beaucoup d&rsquo;espoir d&rsquo;am\u00e9lioration, mais avec beaucoup de solidarit\u00e9, telle est la vie au Causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A la fois r\u00e9aliste, franchement marrant, dur parfois, mais finalement tellement humain que j&rsquo;ai \u00e9t\u00e9 un peu triste de quitter tout ce beau monde \u00e0 la fin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u00e9cid\u00e9ment les McBride sont des valeurs s\u00fbres, apr\u00e8s Christian le contrebassiste, voici James l&rsquo;\u00e9crivain. M\u00eame s&rsquo;ils n&rsquo;ont pas de parent\u00e9 (enfin je ne crois pas), je leur trouve certains similitudes : d&rsquo;abord ils sont excellents dans ce qu&rsquo;ils font, ils ont un certains sens de l&rsquo;histoire r\u00e9cente des etats Unis et notamment de celle des Afro Am\u00e9ricains et surtout un grand sens de l&rsquo;humour (et ils sont fans de James Brown).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Que des bonnes raisons de les \u00e9couter ou de les lire.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-rating-star\" style=\"text-align:left\" itemprop=\"reviewRating\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Rating\"><p><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2b50<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2b50<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2b50<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2b50<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2b50<\/span><\/p><span style=\"display: none;\" itemprop=\"worstRating\" content=\"0.5\"><span>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path class=\"\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12,17.3l6.2,3.7l-1.6-7L22,9.2l-7.2-0.6L12,2L9.2,8.6L2,9.2L7.5,14l-1.6,7L12,17.3z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path class=\"\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12,17.3l6.2,3.7l-1.6-7L22,9.2l-7.2-0.6L12,2L9.2,8.6L2,9.2L7.5,14l-1.6,7L12,17.3z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"display: none;\" ><span>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path class=\"\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12,17.3l6.2,3.7l-1.6-7L22,9.2l-7.2-0.6L12,2L9.2,8.6L2,9.2L7.5,14l-1.6,7L12,17.3z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path class=\"\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12,17.3l6.2,3.7l-1.6-7L22,9.2l-7.2-0.6L12,2L9.2,8.6L2,9.2L7.5,14l-1.6,7L12,17.3z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"display: none;\" ><span>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path class=\"\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12,17.3l6.2,3.7l-1.6-7L22,9.2l-7.2-0.6L12,2L9.2,8.6L2,9.2L7.5,14l-1.6,7L12,17.3z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path class=\"\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12,17.3l6.2,3.7l-1.6-7L22,9.2l-7.2-0.6L12,2L9.2,8.6L2,9.2L7.5,14l-1.6,7L12,17.3z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"display: none;\" ><span>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path class=\"\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12,17.3l6.2,3.7l-1.6-7L22,9.2l-7.2-0.6L12,2L9.2,8.6L2,9.2L7.5,14l-1.6,7L12,17.3z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path class=\"\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12,17.3l6.2,3.7l-1.6-7L22,9.2l-7.2-0.6L12,2L9.2,8.6L2,9.2L7.5,14l-1.6,7L12,17.3z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"display: none;\" itemprop=\"bestRating\" content=\"5\"><span>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path class=\"\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12,17.3l6.2,3.7l-1.6-7L22,9.2l-7.2-0.6L12,2L9.2,8.6L2,9.2L7.5,14l-1.6,7L12,17.3z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n\t<path class=\"is-rating-unfilled\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12,17.3l6.2,3.7l-1.6-7L22,9.2l-7.2-0.6L12,2L9.2,8.6L2,9.2L7.5,14l-1.6,7L12,17.3z\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span><span itemprop=\"ratingValue\" class=\"screen-reader-text\" content=\"4.5\">Note\u00a0: 4.5\u00a0sur 5.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=ledza3\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auteur : James McBride Brooklyn, fin des ann\u00e9es 60. McBride nous emm\u00e8ne dans la cit\u00e9 des Causes Houses o\u00f9 vivent d\u00e9sormais une majorit\u00e9 de noirs am\u00e9ricains, pauvres, croyants, trafiquants, picolos&#8230; bref la vie. Et c&rsquo;est bien de \u00e7a qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agit, la vie quotidienne de certains de ces habitants qui se trouve boulevers\u00e9e, qui par le [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[389,388,118],"class_list":["post-3649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lectures","category-roman","tag-brooklyn","tag-mcbride","tag-nyc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/faugeron.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Deacon-King-Kong.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p74TSi-WR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3654,"href":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3649\/revisions\/3654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faugeron.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}