Now available for preorder: the latest “naphic grovel” by rap legend Chuck D of Public Enemy explores how the year 2024 became the new, Orwellian 1984 in a large format, limited edition hardcover

The limited edition preorder package is available exclusively from Akashic Books and includes:

—Signed and Numbered edition of Day One ($100.00). Choose the default option in the drop-down menu above for the $100.00 signed and numbered edition (only 800 available). Day One is a stranger-than-fiction exploration of how the year 2024 mirrored and surpassed George Orwell’s frightening image of 1984. The cloth-bound volume is foil-stamped with shiny silver, gold, and red metallic foil and stands at 13″ x 9″ x 2″

—Original “Sketchograph” + Signed & Numbered copy of Day One ($200.00, nonreturnable). Choose the second option in the drop-down menu above for a signed and numbered copy of Day One  PLUS an original “Sketchograph” portrait of YOU by the great Chuck D in his inimitable style.

The “Sketchographs” are one-of-a-kind and nonreturnable. If you purchase this option, email a photograph of yourself (and only yourself) to info@akashicbooks.com, and Chuck D will draw an original, impressionistic portrait in the artistic style reflected in the pages of Day One. Chuck variously uses pencil, Sharpie, color pencil, watercolor, sometimes spilled ink rubbed in by hand, oftentimes any other materials that he has at hand, to create the Sketchographs. The format is roughly 5″ x 8″ with some variance.