{"product_id":"books-the-queen-s-gambit-by-walter-tevis","title":"The Queen's Gambit","description":"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","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53672571339025,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781474600842.jpg?v=1781520308","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-queen-s-gambit-by-walter-tevis","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}