Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:4th Jul '24

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

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

'America's new Hunger Games' SUNDAY TIMES
'So good. This one is from the heart' STEPHEN KING

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD**
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE TIKTOK BOOK AWARDS**

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 programme’s corporate owners stack the odds against her – will the price be simply too high?

‘Brutal, thrilling, devastating and beautiful’ THE TIMES

‘So compelling – right up to the final, fatal blow’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

‘Defiant, awe-inspiring’ JESSAMINE CHAN

‘Vividly imaginative and startling’ ELLE

‘The new maestro of dystopian lit’ WIRED

‘A pure fire page turner’ MAX PORTER


Shortlisted for the TikTok Book Awards, International Book of the Year, 2024

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

ISBN: 9781529920567

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 23mm

Weight: 271g

384 pages