The Queen's Gambit The Queen's Gambit

The Queen's Gambit

Now a Major Netflix Drama

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Publisher Description

NOW A MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING NETFLIX SERIES STARRING ANYA TAYLOR-JOY

When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings: playing chess with the janitor and taking the little green pills given to the children to keep them subdued.

Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is an unusual talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting . . .

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

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2016
14 April
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
256
Pages
PUBLISHER
Orion
SIZE
2.1
MB

Customer Reviews

liztme ,

Thank you Netflix

I doubt I would have come across this book had it not been for the excellent series. Beautifully written,sweeps you along for the ride. You are pulled into the inner life of its damaged protagonist as she finds her way to win at the only part of her life she can control, working out relationships as she learns and grows. Read in one sitting. Could not put it down. I’ve not played chess for years. aficionados of the game should like it ,but you don’t need to be to watch the world of chess through Beth’s eyes.

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