The Queen"'s Gambit

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"' ScotsmanWhen 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