Chain-Gang All-Stars
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2023
Harvill Secker (Verlag)
978-1-78730-395-9 (ISBN)
Harvill Secker (Verlag)
978-1-78730-395-9 (ISBN)
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FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. FIGHT FOR LOVE. WELCOME TO THE KILLING GROUND.
'America's new Hunger Games' Sunday Times
'So good. This one is from the heart' Stephen King
‘Brutal, thrilling, devastating and beautiful’ The Times
Enter a world where, livestreamed to millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom.
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?
‘So compelling – right up to the final, fatal blow’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Vividly imaginative and startling’ Elle
‘The new maestro of dystopian lit’ Wired
'America's new Hunger Games' Sunday Times
'So good. This one is from the heart' Stephen King
‘Brutal, thrilling, devastating and beautiful’ The Times
Enter a world where, livestreamed to millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom.
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?
‘So compelling – right up to the final, fatal blow’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Vividly imaginative and startling’ Elle
‘The new maestro of dystopian lit’ Wired
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah was raised in Spring Valley, New York, and now lives in the Bronx. His debut collection, Friday Black, was a New York Times bestseller, won the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize. His first novel Chain-Gang All-Stars was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and the Books Are My Bag Awards, and selected as a New York Times Top Ten Books of the Year. Adjei-Brenyah is a National Book Foundation’s ‘5 Under 35’ honoree.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.04.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 463 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78730-395-0 / 1787303950 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78730-395-9 / 9781787303959 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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