The Queen's Gambit : Now a Major Netflix Drama Paperback / softback
by Walter Tevis
Part of the W&N Essentials series
Paperback / softback
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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' ScotsmanWhen 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
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- Publication Date:14/04/2016
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:14/04/2016
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- ISBN:9781474600842
