The queen's gambit
Tevis, Walter S.2020
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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.
Main title:
The queen's gambit / Walter Tevis.
Author:
Tevis, Walter S., author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.
Collation:
243 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
TV tie-in.Originally published: London: Random House, 1983.
ISBN:
9781474622578 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54GFICAF
LC class:
PS3570.E95
Local class:
FICAFPBKFT PbkF TEVF
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2781905
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