![]() ![]() ![]() This book will move you, and you will love it, and it will make you discuss everything.”Īdjei-Brenyah spoke about his book with a reporter for the Today show website, saying, “The book is not enough. It pushed me out of my comfort zone as a reader, which I think is important to do.…It’s really grounded, and it’s about how desensitized we’ve become to violence, and a commentary on the prison-industrial complex. “It is a book that pushed me in ways that I’ve never been pushed before. “Think Hunger Games for adults,” she said. Hager announced her selection on the Today show, also invoking Suzanne Collins’ series of novels. In a starred review, a critic for Kirkus wrote of the book, “Imagine The Hunger Games refashioned into a rowdy, profane, and indignant blues shout at full blast.” ![]() Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s Chain-Gang All-Stars is the latest pick for Jenna Bush Hager’s Today show book club.Īdjei-Brenyah’s novel, which is scheduled for publication next week by Pantheon, follows two women prisoners who compete as gladiators for their freedom in a series of death matches. ![]()
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