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Chain-Gang All-Stars
2023 novel by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars is the debut novel of American author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, published by Pantheon Books on May 2, 2023. It was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction, as well as other awards. The novel is set in an imagined America, where convicted wards of state are offered an alternative path to death row or 25-plus years sentences and participate in televised death matches under the “Criminal Action Penal Entertainment (CAPE)” program. The story centers around Loretta Thurwar and Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker, two of CAPE's most famous combatants and partners in life and battle. Adjei-Brenyah critiques the carceral system, capitalist society, and commodification of human suffering.
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