Overview
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''Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it'' Michael Ondaatje
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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.
''I loved it. I just loved it, it really drew me in and I know nothing about chess... The writing about addiction is just fantastic. I underlined so many bits of it... I didn''t want it to end'' Bryony Gordon on BBC Radio 4
''Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis'' Telegraph
- | Author: Walter Tevis
- | Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- | Publication Date: Oct 29, 2020
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781474622578
- | ISBN-10: 1474622577
