NOW A MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING NETFLIX SERIES ''Superb'' Time Out ''Mesmerizing'' Newsweek ''Gripping'' Financial Times ''Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it'' Michael Ondaatje ''Don''t pick this up if you want a night''s sleep'' Scotsman 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. ''I 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 end'' Bryony Gordon on BBC Radio 4 ''Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis'' Telegraph . Language: English