Old Firehouse Books has some suggestions for May reading

Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins recommends three novels with diverse storylines.

Chain Gang All-Stars

By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Pantheon
$27
May 2023
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From the publisher: 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. It’s the return of the gladiators and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom.

From Heather, Bookseller:…