Queen`s gambit

Уолтер Стоун Тевис

A modern classic about a troubled chess prodigy and her battle to survive --- a coming of age story of feminism, chess and addiction аrom the author of the hustler, the queen`s gambit. 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.