Mac's Backs Book Club discusses Chain Gang All-Stars
Schedule
Wed Oct 16 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
1820 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH, United States, Ohio 44118 | Cleveland Heights, OH
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Mac's Backs Book Club discusses Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.Loretta Thurwar and Hamara 'Hurricane Staxxx' Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly-popular, highly-controversial, profit-raising program in America's increasingly dominant private prison industry. Its the return of the gladiators and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom. In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death-matches for packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thurwar and Staxxx, both teammates and lovers, are the fan favorites. And if all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer.
"A rumbustious satire of the criminal justice system, a book that is far more entertaining than an attempt to convince its readers of the case for prison abolition has any right to be."
-- The Guardian
"This book is so good. Brutal subject matter, beautiful writing. This one is from the heart."
--Stephen King
NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH is the New York Times-bestselling author of Friday Black. His work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Esquire, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. He was a National Book Foundation's "5 Under 35" honoree, the winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the Saroyan Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for Best First Book, along with many other honors. Raised in Spring Valley, New York, he now lives in the Bronx.
The book will be available at Mac's Backs or through this website at the 20% Book Club discount. Click below to order.
Event address:
Mac's Backs Books on Coventry
1820 Coventry Rd.
Cleveland Hts., OH 4418
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