{"product_id":"riots-i-have-known-paperback","title":"Riots I Have Known - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyan Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyan Chapman's \"gritty, bracing debut\" (\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e) set during a prison riot is \"dark, daring, and laugh-out-loud hilarious...one of the smartest--and best--novels of the year\" (NPR).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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 blameless--even 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. \u003ci\u003eRiots I Have Known \u003c\/i\u003eis his memoir, confession, and act of literary revenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Holding Pen\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fitfully funny and murderously wry,\" \u003ci\u003eRiots I Have Known\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a frenzied yet wistful monologue from a lover of literature under siege\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769574261024,"sku":"9781501197314","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/29bd8f243006cc2755837be309cd42c8.webp?v=1780351098","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/riots-i-have-known-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}