The Queen’s Gambit: Now a Major Netflix Drama (W&N Essentials) by Walter Tevis

The Queen’s Gambit: Now a Major Netflix Drama (W&N Essentials) by Walter Tevis

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES starring Anya Taylor-Joy?from Academy-Award nominee Scott Frank and BAFTA nominee Allan Scott

‘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.

‘Few novelists have written about genius – and addiction – as acutely as Walter Tevis’?The Telegraph