WALTER TEVIS
u003cpu003eu003cbu003eNOW A MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING NETFLIX SERIESu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'u003cbu003eSuperbu003c/bu003e' u003ciu003eTime Outu003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003ciu003e'u003c/iu003eMesmerizingu003c/bu003e' u003ciu003eNewsweeku003c/iu003eu003cbru003e 'u003cbu003eGrippingu003c/bu003eu003ciu003e' Financial Timesu003c/iu003eu003cbru003e 'u003cbu003eSheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of itu003c/bu003e' Michael Ondaatjeu003cbru003e 'u003cbu003eDon't pick this up if you want a night's sleepu003c/bu003e' u003ciu003eScotsmanu003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'u003cbu003eI loved it. I just loved it, it really drew me in and I know nothing about chess... The writing about addiction is just fantastic. I underlined so many bits of it... I didn't want it to endu003c/bu003e' Bryony Gordon on BBC Radio 4u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e'Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis'u003c/bu003e u003ciu003eTu003c/iu003eu003ciu003eelegraphu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003e
