Overview
A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Elle, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Lit Hub, Kirkus Reviews
āLike Orwellās 1984 and Atwoodās The Handmaidās Tale, Adjei-Brenyahās book presents a dystopian vision soā¦illuminating that it should permanently shift our understanding of who we are and what weāre capable of doing.ā āThe Washington Post
āThis book will change you!...A masterpiece.ā āJenna Bush Hager, The Today Showās #ReadWithJenna
She felt their eyes, all those executionersā¦
Loretta Thurwar and Hamara āHurricane Staxxxā Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program in Americaās increasingly dominant private prison industry. Itās the return of the gladiators, and prisoners are comĀpeting for the ultimate prize: their freedom.
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In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death matches before packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. ThurĀwar and Staxxx, both teammates and lovers, are the fan favorites. And if all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links, Thurwar considers how she might help preserve their humanity, in defiance of these so-called games. But CAPEās corporate ownĀers will stop at nothing to protect their status quo, and the obstacles they lay in Thurwarās path have devastating consequences.
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Moving from the Links in the field to the protestors, to the CAPE employees and beyond, Chain-Gang All-Stars is a kaleidoscopic, excoriating look at the American prison systemās unholy alliĀance of systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration, and a clear-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country really means from a ānew and necessary American voiceā (Tommy Orange, The New York Times Book Review).
This book title, Chain Gang All Stars (A Novel), ISBN: 9780593469316, by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (January 23, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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