Queens Gambit

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ISBN: 9781474622578
Title: Queens Gambit
Author: TEVIS WALTER

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

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29/10/2020
Pages: 256
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