{"product_id":"chain-gang-all-stars-a-read-with-jenna-pick","title":"Chain Gang All Stars: A Read with Jenna Pick","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR ‚Ä¢ FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION ‚Ä¢ A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK ‚Ä¢ NATIONAL BESTSELLER ‚Ä¢ Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America‚Äôs own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFriday Black ‚Ä¢ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‚ÄúThis book is so good. Brutal subject matter, beautiful writing. This one is from the heart.‚Äù ‚Äî\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eStephen King\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNPR, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eElle, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Lit Hub, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‚ÄúLike Orwell‚Äôs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e1984 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand Atwood‚Äôs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Handmaid‚Äôs Tale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Adjei-Brenyah‚Äôs book presents a dystopian vision so‚Ķilluminating that it should permanently shift our understanding of who we are and what we‚Äôre capable of doing.‚Äù ‚Äî\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eShe felt their eyes, all those executioners‚Ķ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLoretta Thurwar and Hamara ‚ÄúHurricane Staxxx‚Äù 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‚Äôs increasingly dominant private prison industry. It‚Äôs the return of the gladiators, and prisoners are com¬≠peting for the ultimate prize: their freedom. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death matches before packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thur¬≠war 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‚Äôs corporate own¬≠ers will stop at nothing to protect their status quo, and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar‚Äôs path have devastating consequences. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Moving from the Links in the field to the protestors, to the CAPE employees and beyond, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChain-Gang All-Stars i\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es a kaleidoscopic, excoriating look at the American prison system‚Äôs unholy alli¬≠ance of systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration, and a clear-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country really means from a ‚Äúnew and necessary American voice‚Äù (Tommy Orange, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e div\u0026gt;\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50100579696925,"sku":"9780593469316","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780593469316.jpg?v=1750798227","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/chain-gang-all-stars-a-read-with-jenna-pick","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}