{"product_id":"riots-i-have-known-ryan-chapman-paperback","title":"Riots I Have Known -- Ryan Chapman, Paperback","description":"\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 \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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan Chapman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501197314","brand":"Ryan Chapman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46459480375524,"sku":"9781501197314","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781501197314.jpg?v=1751690932","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/riots-i-have-known-ryan-chapman-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}