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Title: Queen’s Gambit, the
Author: TEVIS WALTER
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 24/11/2020
Imprint: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
Price: $23.00
Publishing status: Active
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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.
ISBN: 9781474622578
Weight: 220g
Dimension: 196mm X 128mm
Pages: 256