Chain-Gang All-Stars
Paperback Published on: 04/07/2024
Price: £9.99
Bookseller Reviews
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Unforgettable!
These reviews speak for themselves. This debut from Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is absolutely phenomenal. Chain-Gang tells the story of a dystopian prison sys... READ MORE
My favourite read of 2023!
A captivating, heart-wrenching story that draws on lived experiences of the prison population in the US. I was so invested in the stories of all of the cha... READ MORE
Gorgeous
“I thought about how the world can be anything and how said it is that it's this.”
Brutal, beautiful, raw and magnificent.
Chain-Gang All-Stars
This isn't a fun read by any stretch of the imagination - but it's an important one.
Prior to Chain-Gang, Adjei-Brenyah worked on short stories, and Cha... READ MORE
Brutal near-future reality.
Overall a good book, well written, with a great future-concept that shines a light not only on the failure of prison systems around the world, but also the... READ MORE
I can't recommend this enough!
It's hard to put in words how much I liked this novel.
Chain-Gang All Stars is a fantastic book, which will stay with you long after you’ve finished readi... READ MORE
Loved it!
A brilliant book, especially in the current political climate of a society that loves to incarcerate. The writing was fantastic. The story flicks between a... READ MORE
Pulse pounding thrill ride!
This one hits hard.
Set in a dystopic-but-highly-believable version of the United States where prisoners have the opportunity to fight for their freedom,... READ MORE
Astonishing and Heartbreaking
This is a pitch perfect near-future dystopia that sees the american prison system pitch prisoners against one another in a gladiatorial fight to the death,... READ MORE
Dystopian fiction that feels a little close to reality
Dystopia is a bit of an interesting genre for me, a good one has me completely hooked & the premise for this as an edgier & darker Hunger Games meets Roman... READ MORE
A very unique perspective.
I really enjoyed the sheer brutality of this book, loved the writing style and the characters.
We definitely get a different insight onto this utopian pri... READ MORE
Chain-Gang All-Stars takes you into a twisted prison program that lures inmates into deathly competition for their freedom. A sharp social commentary on the prison system, racism and entertainment, from one of the most talented voices of American literature.
Synopsis
Welcome to Chain-Gang All-Stars - the highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program inside America's private prison system. Harkening back to the time of gladiators, but watched by millions of live-stream subscribers, prisoners compete for the ultimate prize: their freedom.
Loretta Thurwar and Hamara 'Hurricane Staxxx' Stacker, teammates and lovers, are the fan favourites. If all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. But will the price be simply too high?
From one of American fiction's brightest stars, this is an electrifying, page-turning near-future dystopia perfect for fans of The Handmaid's Tale, Squid Game and Watchmen.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9781529920567
- Number of pages: 384
- Dimensions: 197 x 127 x 24 mm
- Weight: 245g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allBrutal but skillfully handled
CGAS takes a poignant, and, alarmingly realistic look into two malign institutions: one involving privately owned prisons and the other America’s addiction... READ MORE
Interesting concept.
Well this was certainly different. I love the concept and the issues it raises, and I appreciate the reasoning of the author. Admittedly, it has made me qu... READ MORE
'An obvious, simple evil'
'The Eraser boys were racist murderers and it was easy to feel that they deserved this punishment, deserved to be on a Chain. In some way their presence, w... READ MORE
Clever and Brutal
A clever and uncomfortable look at a dystopian near future in which the American penal system marries the insatiable need for the public to be entertained ... READ MORE
Cracking read
I really enjoyed this book. A Hunger Games for convicts, it is as brutal as the world it depicts, with many shocking side references to the US penal system... READ MORE
Hunger Games meets Gladiator meets The New Jim Crow
Hunger Games meets Gladiator meets The New Jim Crow in this hard-hitting and provocative, near-future dystopian exploration of the racism, prejudice and vi... READ MORE
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Chain-Gang All-Stars is a devastating dystopian thriller from a debut author who has rocked the literary world with his first full length work. Adjei-Breny... READ MORE
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