The Queen's Gambit (novel)

The Queen's Gambit
First edition, featuring cover art by Will Barnet
AuthorWalter Tevis
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
1983
Publication placeUnited States
Pages243
ISBN1-4000-3060-9

The Queen's Gambit is a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon. A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism, chess, drug addiction and alcoholism. The book was adapted for the 2020 Netflix miniseries of the same name.


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