Cover via Open Library
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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.
From Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vivek’s Notes
An explosive look at the American prison system and modern captivity through a dystopian gladiatorial program, and a searing indictment of mass incarceration, private prisons and the commodification of Black bodies. Longlisted for the National Book Award.
Featured in LQL
- African-American · GW1 · Tough8% answered
More Speculative fiction in LQL
