{"product_id":"queens-gambit-walter-tevis-9781474622578","title":"Queen's Gambit","description":"NOW A MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING NETFLIX SERIES\n'Superb' Time Out \n'Mesmerizing' Newsweek\n'Gripping' Financial Times\n'Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it' Michael Ondaatje \n'Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep' Scotsman \nWhen 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.\n'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\n'Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis' Telegraph","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49569444692256,"sku":"9781474622578","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781474622578.jpg?v=1785235538","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/queens-gambit-walter-tevis-9781474622578","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}