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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
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
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
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Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 256 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9781474622578 |
ISBN-10: | 1474622577 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 816792 |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Tevis, Walter |
Hersteller: |
Orion Publishing Group
Weidenfeld and Nicholson |
Maße: | 199 x 129 x 23 mm |
Von/Mit: | Walter Tevis |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.10.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,229 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
---|---|
Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 256 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9781474622578 |
ISBN-10: | 1474622577 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 816792 |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Tevis, Walter |
Hersteller: |
Orion Publishing Group
Weidenfeld and Nicholson |
Maße: | 199 x 129 x 23 mm |
Von/Mit: | Walter Tevis |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.10.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,229 kg |