{"product_id":"9780593469316","title":"Chain Gang All Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe felt their eyes, all those executioners…\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLoretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the 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. It’s the return of the gladiators, and prisoners are com­peting for the ultimate prize: their freedom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death matches before 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. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links, Thurwar considers how she might help preserve their humanity, in defiance of these so-called games. But CAPE’s corporate own­ers will stop at nothing to protect their status quo, and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar’s path have devastating consequences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMoving from the Links in the field to the protestors, to the CAPE employees and beyond, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChain-Gang All-Stars i\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003es a kaleidoscopic, excoriating look at the American prison system’s unholy alli­ance of systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration, and a clear-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country really means from a “new and necessary American voice” (Tommy Orange, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 432 pages | 5.19\" x 7.95\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45125635539176,"sku":"9780593469316x","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/m_9849edb7-dbed-41d9-a574-a79b21e4b0b9.jpg?v=1705775568","url":"https:\/\/typebooks.live\/products\/9780593469316","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}