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Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become a national champion and to play the world grandmasters
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Gripping reading . . . Nabokov's The Defense and Zweig's The Royal Game are the classics. Now joining them is The Queen's Gambit (FINANCIAL TIMES)
The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it (Michael Ondaatje)
Mesmerizing (NEWSWEEK)
Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep (SCOTSMAN)
More exciting than any thriller I've seen lately; more than that, beautifully written (Martin Cruz Smith)
What Walter Tevis did for pool in The Hustler, he does for chess in The Queen's Gambit (PLAYBOY)
A psychological thriller (NEW YORK TIMES)
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The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it (Michael Ondaatje)
Mesmerizing (NEWSWEEK)
Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep (SCOTSMAN)
More exciting than any thriller I've seen lately; more than that, beautifully written (Martin Cruz Smith)
What Walter Tevis did for pool in The Hustler, he does for chess in The Queen's Gambit (PLAYBOY)
A psychological thriller (NEW YORK TIMES)
From the author of THE HUSTLER, THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT is a modern classic about a troubled chess prodigy and her battle to survive.
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- PublisherWilliam Heinemann
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0434766550
- ISBN 13 9780434766550
- BindingHardcover
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