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In the aftermath of the "creation" of an automated chess-playing machine that is secretly operated from within by an outcast Italian dwarf, Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen dazzles the public throughout the course of a sensational tour, until the mysterious death of a seductive countess places the machine under suspicion.

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If you liked "Perfume" you ll love it. . . . ["The Chess Machine"] will grip you from the very first page.
"Harper s Bazaar"
A promising debut.
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Rich in detail and psychological depth . . . this is a work of such marvelously creative imagination that it makes little difference what s factual and what isn t it all rings true.
"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)
Magnificent a thinking man s thriller brimming with politics both social and sexual.
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? If you liked "Perfume" you?ll love it. . . . ["The Chess Machine"] will grip you from the very first page.?
?"Harper's Bazaar"

?A promising debut.?
?"Entertainment Weekly"

? Rich in detail and psychological depth . . . this is a work of such marvelously creative imagination that it makes little difference what's factual and what isn?t?it all rings true.?
?"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)

? Magnificent?a thinking man's thriller brimming with politics both social and sexual.?
?"Bookgasm"

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Robert LĀšhr was born in Berlin and grew up there and in Bremen and Santa Barbara, California. He trained as a journalist at the Berlin School of Journalism, then worked for Sat. 1 news and for the Berlin daily paper Der Tagesspiegel, Berliner Zeitung, Neue Zeit, and Taz, and finally as a correspondent for The Washington Post. After many years writing screenplays, musicals, plays, and short stories, LĀšhr decided to try his hand at a novel. The Chess Machine is his first.

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  • PublisherPenguin Group USA
  • Publication date2007
  • ISBN 10 1594201269
  • ISBN 13 9781594201264
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages344
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