The Queen's Gambit : Now a Major Netflix Drama - Walter Tevis

The Queen's Gambit

Now a Major Netflix Drama

By: Walter Tevis

Paperback | 24 November 2020 | Edition Number 1

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NOW A MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING NETFLIX SERIES

''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'' Scotsman

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

Industry Reviews
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

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

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

Walter Tevis is famous for writing The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth, but this is my favorite book of his. It is about a girl who, guided by her somewhat unreliable mother, becomes a child prodigy at chess. Even if you do not know how to play chess, it is a great thriller - Literary Hub

Tevis was a great storyteller

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