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The Queen's Gambit
Contributor(s): Tevis, Walter (Author)

ISBN: 1400030609 ISBN-13: 9781400030606
Publisher: Vintage

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2003
Annotation: Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as she hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting. Engaging and fast-paced, The Queen's Gambit speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four.

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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Coming Of Age
- Fiction | Family Life - General

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2003267976

Series: Vintage Contemporaries

Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.12" W x 8.16" L (0.50 lbs) 256 pages

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Review Citations: New York Times 04/13/2003 pg. 28

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Publisher Description:
Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Now a highly acclaimed Netflix series.

Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting.

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