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NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES starring Anya Taylor-Joy from Academy-Award nominee Scott Frank and BAFTA nominee Allan Scott_x000D_
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Superb Time Out_x000D_
Mesmerizing Newsweek_x000D_
Gripping Financial Times_x000D_
Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it Michael Ondaatje_x000D_
Dont pick this up if you want a nights sleep Scotsman_x000D_
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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 theres more at stake than merely winning and losing._x000D_
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Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis The Telegraph