The Queen's Gambit - Walter Tevis
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. A novel that’s charming and touching enough to carry non-chess-players through the many pages of move-by-move gamesmanship.
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. A novel that’s charming and touching enough to carry non-chess-players through the many pages of move-by-move gamesmanship.
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. A novel that’s charming and touching enough to carry non-chess-players through the many pages of move-by-move gamesmanship.