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The Queen's Gambit: Now a Major Netflix Drama
Walter Tevis
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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
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Praise for The Queen's Gambit: Now a Major Netflix Drama
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Gripping reading . . . Nabokov's The Defense and Zweig's The Royal Game are the classics. Now joining them is The Queen's Gambit - FINANCIAL TIMESMesmerizing - NEWSWEEKDon't pick this up if you want a night's sleep - SCOTSMANMore exciting than any thriller I've seen lately; more than that, beautifully writtenWhat Walter Tevis did for pool in The Hustler, he does for chess in The Queen's Gambit - PLAYBOYA psychological thriller - NEW YORK TIMESWalter Tevis is famous for writing The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth, but this is my favorite book of his. It is about a girl who, guided by her somewhat unreliable mother, becomes a child prodigy at chess. Even if you do not know how to play chess, it is a great thriller - Literary HubTevis was a great storyteller
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