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Chain-Gang All-Stars Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah


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Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. FIGHT FOR LOVE. WELCOME TO THE KILLING GROUND.

'America's new Hunger Games' Sunday Times

'So good. This one is from the heart' Stephen King


Brutal, thrilling, devastating and beautiful The Times

Enter a world where, livestreamed to millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom.

Fan-favourite female stars Loretta Thurwar and Hamara Hurricane Staxxx Stacker are teammates and lovers. Thurwar is nearing the end of her time on the circuit, free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. But as protestors clash with the baying crowds and the programmes corporate owners stack the odds against her will the price be simply too high?

So compelling right up to the final, fatal blow Sunday Telegraph

Vividly imaginative and startling Elle

The new maestro of dystopian lit Wired

Chain-Gang All-Stars Reviews

Criminally entertaining. * Guardian *
Adjei-Brenyah's acerbic vision lands like a lightning bolt of truth. * Esquire *
Grimly funny, epically violent and - at times - surprisingly tender. Quite the ride. * Marie Claire *
Magnificent. A radical interrogation of incarceration, racism, entertainment, the whole fabric of American injustice, as well as a pure fire page turner. -- Max Porter, author of SHY
A sort of The Hunger Games meets Gladiator meets WWE meets the modern private prison system. * Elle *
Like Orwell's 1984 and Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Adjei-Brenyah's book presents a dystopian vision so upsetting and illuminating that it should permanently shift our understanding of who we are and what we're capable of doing... Shockingly intimate and moving. * Washington Post *
Compelling... The range of different narrators provides a smart 360-degree perspective of the too-familiar society that demands murder for entertainment. * SFX *
A brutal, heart-wrenching story that feels so close to reality. * Cosmopolitan *
A hugely imaginative read - the world-building is masterful... Unmissable. * Independent *
One of the most exciting young writers in America. -- George Saunders, author of LINCOLN IN THE BARDO
We simply couldn't put it down... enthralling and engaging. -- Leanne Fridd * The Times *
You cannot applaud Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's debut novel without getting blood on your hands... * New York Times Book Review *
Deservedly acclaimed, Adjei-Brenyah is as commanding a storyteller as he is a world-builder. * Daily Mail *
Beautiful and brutal, with a really furious social commentary underpinning it. -- Bea Carvalho * Independent *
Defiant, awe-inspiring... Readers will be forever changed by this book. -- Jessamine Chan, author of THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS
[An] acclaimed master of our futuristic nightmares... While this is set in the future, it feels uncomfortably close to the present. * Oprah Daily *
[A] blazing debut novel... Chain-Gang All-Stars is also a breathless dystopian thriller. * Lit Hub *
A searing debut with an unforgettable voice, Chain Gang All-Stars will force you to reevaluate what freedom in America really means. * Lit-Reactor *
Imagine The Hunger Games refashioned into a rowdy, profane, and indignant blues shout at full blast. * Kirkus *

About Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah was raised in Spring Valley, New York, and now lives in the Bronx. His debut collection, Friday Black, was a New York Times bestseller, won the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circles John Leonard Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize. His first novel Chain-Gang All-Stars was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and the Books Are My Bag Awards, and selected as a New York Times Top Ten Books of the Year. Adjei-Brenyah is a National Book Foundations 5 Under 35 honoree.

Additional information

GOR013941398
9781529920567
1529920566
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Used - Like New
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
2024-07-04
384
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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