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- Paperback / softback | 256 pages
- 12.8 × 2.6 × 19.6 cm | 234
- 29 October 2020
- Orion Publishing Co
- United Kingdom
€12.60
A modern classic about a troubled chess prodigy and her battle to survive — a coming of age story of feminism, chess and addiction
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ISBN: 9781474622578
Book Format: Paperback / softback
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 12.8 × 2.6 × 19.6 cm
Walter Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. Whilst a student at the University of Kentucky, Tevis worked in a pool hall and published a story about the game for an English class. He would later revisit his love for pool in the novels THE HUSTLER (1959) and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1984), both of which would be adapted into multiple award-winning films starring Paul Newman. Among his o ther works, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1963) and MOCKINGBIRD (1980) are considered masterpieces of science fiction. Tevis died in 1984.
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