The Queen's Gambit : A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years--for the pure pleasure and skill of it.” --Michael Ondaatje
“Compelling. . . . A magnificent obsession.” --Los Angeles Times
“Beth Harmon is an unforgettable creation--and The Queen's Gambit is Walter Tevis's most consummate and heartbreaking work.” --Jonathan Lethem
“Gripping reading. . . .Nabokov's The Defense and Zweig's The Royal Game are the classics: now joining them is The Queen's Gambit.”  --The Financial Times
“More exciting than any thriller I've seen lately; more than that, beautifully written. “ --Martin Cruz Smith, author of GorkyPark
“It’s advisable to tape your fingers before opening The Queen’s Gambit. Otherwise, the suspense may bring on nail-chewing right to the elbow.” --Houston Chronicle
“Tevis traps us in the breathless drama of the moment and makes us feel the same intense involvement his characters feel.” --The Plain Dealer
“There’s more excitement in Beth than in the collected works of Robert Ludlum.” --Forth Worth Star-Telegram
Review
?The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years--for the pure pleasure and skill of it.? --Michael Ondaatje
?Compelling. . . . A magnificent obsession.? --Los Angeles Times
?Beth Harmon is an unforgettable creation--and The Queen's Gambit is Walter Tevis's most consummate and heartbreaking work.? --Jonathan Lethem
?Gripping reading. . . .Nabokov's The Defense and Zweig's The Royal Game are the classics: now joining them is The Queen's Gambit.?  --The Financial Times
?More exciting than any thriller I've seen lately; more than that, beautifully written. ? --Martin Cruz Smith, author of GorkyPark
?It?s advisable to tape your fingers before opening The Queen?s Gambit. Otherwise, the suspense may bring on nail-chewing right to the elbow.? --Houston Chronicle
?Tevis traps us in the breathless drama of the moment and makes us feel the same intense involvement his characters feel.? --The Plain Dealer
?There?s more excitement in Beth than in the collected works of Robert Ludlum.? --Forth Worth Star-Telegram
The Queen's Gambit : A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
The Queen's Gambit: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries),Walter Tevis,Vintage,1400030609,Fiction,Fiction - General,Literary,Literature: Classics,Psychological fiction,Suspense fiction,Women chess players,Fiction / Literary
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