The Queen's Gambit: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) - Softcover

Tevis, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1400030609 ISBN 13: 9781400030606

Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2003

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Book by Tevis Walter

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"The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years--for the pure pleasure and skill of it." --Michael Ondaatje

"Compelling. . . . A magnificent obsession." --Los Angeles Times

"Beth Harmon is an unforgettable creation--and The Queen's Gambit is Walter Tevis's most consummate and heartbreaking work." --Jonathan Lethem

"Gripping reading. . . .Nabokov's The Defense and Zweig's The Royal Game are the classics: now joining them is The Queen's Gambit." --The Financial Times

"More exciting than any thriller I've seen lately; more than that, beautifully written. " --Martin Cruz Smith, author of GorkyPark

"It's advisable to tape your fingers before opening The Queen's Gambit. Otherwise, the suspense may bring on nail-chewing right to the elbow." --Houston Chronicle

"Tevis traps us in the breathless drama of the moment and makes us feel the same intense involvement his characters feel." --The Plain Dealer

"There's more excitement in Beth than in the collected works of Robert Ludlum." --Forth Worth Star-Telegram

Reseña del editor:

Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become a national champion and to play the world grandmasters. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1400030609
• ISBN 13: 9781400030606
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256