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The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

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Like new: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
ISBN
9784871877701
EAN
9784871877701
Publication Year
2016
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Queen's Gambit
Author
Walter Tevis
Publisher
Ishi Press International
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Psychological, Contemporary Women, Thrillers / Suspense, Coming of Age

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There had never been a top ranked woman chess player. But suppose if an American girl were born with abilities in chess that matched the greatest players. What would happen to her in a highly competitive field dominated by men? Starting from this premise, the author Walter Tevis, who some years ago interested a generation of Americans in straight pool with the book "The Hustler", has produced a riveting novel that makes chess more exciting than one could have imagined. Orphaned at eight when both of her parents are killed in a car accident, Beth is sent to the Methuen Home. A frightened little girl, she survives on the tranquilizers the home doles out to make the children "easier to handle". She is sent to the basement to get chalkboard erasers and she finds players sitting with a checkerboard with strange little pieces on it. She is strangely fascinated and she keeps coming back to the basement to watch. She has learned the moves by herself and keeps coming to watch by a desire she hardly understands. She overcomes her shyness and a janitor teaches her the moves. From that moment on, although she does not at once realize it, her whole life has forever changed. 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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Publisher
Ishi Press International
ISBN-10
4871877701
ISBN-13
9784871877701
eBay Product ID (ePID)
246988545

Product Key Features

Book Title
Queen's Gambit
Author
Walter Tevis
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Contemporary Women, Thrillers / Suspense, Coming of Age
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fiction

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Trade
LCCN
2022-277628
Lc Classification Number
Ps3570.E95q4 2016
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
23/Eng/20221006
Number of Pages
258 Pages

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