The queen's gambit / Walter Tevis.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.Description: 243 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781474622578 (pbk.) :
- 813.54 23
- PS3570.E95
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Fiction | The Harden Library, King's Hospital | Fiction Section | F TEV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R17300J0499 |
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Originally published: London: Random House, 1983.
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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