The Queen's Gambit: Now a Major Netflix Drama Walter Tevis Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES starring Anya Taylor-Joy from Academy-Award nominee Scott Frank and BAFTA nominee Allan Scott\'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\' ScotsmanWhen 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.\'Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis\' The Telegraph Σελίδες: 256, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0614, Διαστάσεις: 13.2x13.2cm

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