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Walter Tevis The Queen's Gambit

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U Lužického semináře 10, Malá Strana

Book information

Orion Publishing Co

UK

2020

Paperback

256

Standard

302972

978-1-4746-2257-8

1-4746-2257-7

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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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.

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