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Welcome to Chain-Gang All-Stars - the popular and highly controversial programme inside America's prison system. In packed arenas, watched by millions of live-stream viewers, prisoners compete as gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom.

Fan favourites 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. As she prepares for her final encounters, as protestors gather at the gates, and as the programme's corporate owners stack the odds against her - will the price be simply too high?

Critics Review

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

User Reviews

Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
Author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Narrator Shayna Small, Michael Crouch, Lee Osorio, Aaron Goodson
Duration 13 hours and 39 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529906295
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Dystopian and utopian fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Social issues, Penology and punishment, Racism and racial discrimination
Collections Reality Reads
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
5.0 (1 review)
Narration
5.0 (1 review)

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