Queen's Gambit

Queen's Gambit

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Tevis, Walter
Orion Publishing Co
EAN: 9781474622578
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A modern classic about a troubled chess prodigy and her battle to survive --- a coming of age story of feminism, chess and addiction

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES starring Anya Taylor-Joy from Academy-Award nominee Scott Frank and BAFTA nominee Allan Scott

'Superb' Time Out
'Mesmerizing' Newsweek
'Gripping' Financial Times
'Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it' Michael Ondaatje
'Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep' Scotsman

When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct. For Beth, there's more at stake than merely winning and losing.

'Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis' The Telegraph

 

EAN 9781474622578
ISBN 1474622577
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Publication date October 29, 2020
Pages 256
Language English
Dimensions 196 x 128 x 26
Country United Kingdom
Readership General
Authors Tevis, Walter
Series W&N Essentials

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