{"product_id":"9781474600842","title":"The Queen's Gambit : Now a Major Netflix Drama","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Walter Tevis\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 14 April 2016 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the W\u0026amp;N Essentials' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e131 x 196 x 19mm | 226g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES starring Anya Taylor-Joy from Academy-Award nominee Scott Frank and BAFTA nominee Allan Scott'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' ScotsmanWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis' The Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Walter Tevis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56153959629125,"sku":"9781474600842","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781474600842.jpg?v=1762273256","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781474600842","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}