Chain-gang all-stars : a novel / Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.
Loretta Thurwar and Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker are the stars of 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 ancient gladiator games, and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom. In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death-matches for packed arenas with righteous protesters 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, she 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. -- Provided by the back of the book.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781638088158
- ISBN: 1638088152
- Physical Description: 573 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
- Edition: Center Point large print edition.
- Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Publishing 08/01/2023
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General Note: | Brodart on-order record |
Formatted Contents Note: | Table of contents -- The Freeing of Melancholia Bishop -- Part 1: Hurricane Staxxx - B3 -Teacup - The Bandwagon - Electric - Hendrix "Scorpion Singer" Young - The Van - Personhood Link - Circuit - Sports Central - Salt Bath - Simon - The New - Food - Door Four - Stable -- Part 2: Simon Craft - Children of Incarcerated People - Vega - The Board - Melee - To be Influenced - The art of Influence - Sing-Attica-Sing - Vacation - Grounded - Simon J. Craft - Sung - Babe? - The Ride - McCleskey - Hamara - Presser - We the Enslaved - Interview - Kai - Balloon Archway - The Farmers Market - Deane's Creams - This -- Part 3: Sunset Harkless - Tear Gas - The Legend of One-Arm Scorpion Singer Hendrix and the Unkillable Jungle Craft - Bad Water - The Regional - Preparation - The Drive - The Morning of - Shareef - The Feeling - Yes - Through the Door - Season 33 - Suck my Dick, America - BlackOut - Game - Colossal - Freeing Day - Loretta Thurwar -- Acknowledgements. |
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Genre: | Adult fiction. Large print fiction. Dystopian fiction. |
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