{"product_id":"chain-gang-all-stars-a-novel-by-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah","title":"Chain-Gang All-Stars: A Novel by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDescription_text-wrapper__fL1Qg\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriday Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe felt their eyes, all those executioners…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” 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 America’s increasingly dominant private prison industry. It’s the return of the gladiators, and prisoners are com­peting for the ultimate prize: their freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death matches beforepacked arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thur­war 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 CAPE’s corporate own­ers will stop at nothing to protect their status quo, and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar’s path have devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoving from the Links in the field to the protestors, to the CAPE employees and beyond,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChain-Gang All-Stars i\u003c\/i\u003es a kaleidoscopic, excoriating look at the American prison system’s unholy alli­ance of systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration, and a clear-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country really means from a “new and necessary American voice” (Tommy Orange,\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriday Black\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He was a National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” honoree, the winner of the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Awardand the Saroyan Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for Best First Book, along with many other honors. Raised in Spring Valley, New York, he now lives in the Bronx.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67726307426364,"sku":null,"price":28.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/9780593469316_cfl.jpg?v=1792601360","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/chain-gang-all-stars-a-novel-by-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}