The Queen's Gambit [electronic resource]
Tevis, Walter2018
eAudioBook
When eight-year-old Beth Harmon's parents are killed in an automobile accident, she is placed in an orphanage in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Plain and shy, Beth learns to play chess from the janitor in the basement and discovers she is a prodigy. Though penniless, she is desperate to learn more—and steals a chess magazine and enough money to enter a tournament. Beth also steals some of her foster mother's tranquilizers to which she is becoming addicted. At thirteen, Beth wins the chess tournament. By the age of sixteen she is competing in the US Open Championship and, like Fast Eddie in The Hustler, she hates to lose. By eighteen she is the US champion—and Russia awaits. Fast-paced and elegantly written, The Queen's Gambit is a thriller masquerading as a chess novel—one that's sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Main title:
The Queen's Gambit [electronic resource] / Walter Tevis
Author:
Tevis, Walter, AuthorLandon, Amy, Narrator
Work:
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Publishing, 2018
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Biography/History:
Walter Tevis (1928-1984) was an English literature professor at Ohio University. He was the author of seven books, including three that were the basis of major motion pictures: The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Hustler, and The Color of Money. His books have been translated into at least eighteen languages.
ISBN:
9781982597221
Language:
English
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BRN:
370717