Riots I Have Known (eBook)

Ryan Chapman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
128 Seiten
Simon & Schuster (Verlag)
978-1-5011-9733-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Longlisted for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Ryan Chapman's ';gritty, bracing debut' (Esquire) set during a prison riot is ';dark, daring, and laugh-out-loud hilariousone of the smartestand bestnovels of the year' (NPR).A largescale riot rages through Westbrook prison in upstate New York, incited by a poem in the house literary journal. Our unnamed narrator, barricaded inside the computer lab, swears he's blamelesseven though, as editor-in-chief, he published the piece in question. As he awaits violent interruption by his many, many enemies, he liveblogs one final Editor's Letter. Riots I Have Known is his memoir, confession, and act of literary revenge. His tale spans a childhood in Sri Lanka, navigating the postwar black markets and hotel chains; employment as a Park Avenue doorman, serving the widows of the one percent; life in prison, with the silver lining of his beloved McNairy; and his stewardship of The Holding Pen, a ';masterpiece of post-penal literature' favored by Brooklynites everywhere. All will be revealed, and everyone will see he's really a good guy, doing it for the right reasons. ';Fitfully funny and murderously wry,' Riots I Have Known is ';a frenzied yet wistful monologue from a lover of literature under siege' (Kirkus Reviews).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.5.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 1-5011-9733-9 / 1501197339
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5011-9733-8 / 9781501197338