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The queen's gambit, Walter Tevis

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The queen's gambit, Walter Tevis

Language

eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The queen's gambit

Responsibility statement

Walter Tevis

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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