The Queen's Gambit (PB)
Author(s): Walter Tevis
‘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’ - The 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 NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- : 0.3
- : 01 November 2020
- : {"length"=>["19.8"], "width"=>["12.9"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
- : books
Special Fields
- : Walter Tevis
- : Paperback
- : Netflix Tie-In Edition
- : English
- : 813.54
- : very good
- : 256
- : FA