Join us for an evening discussion of Walter Tevis’s novel turned Netflix original series The Queen’s Gambit, a coming-of-age story of a young chess prodigy, Beth Harmon. Chronicling Beth’s childhood living in an orphanage, her rise as a triumphant grandmaster, and her personal struggles as she feels the pressure increase to compete for the U.S. Chess Open, Tevis’s tale is a captivating page-turner.
An audiobook version of The Queen's Gambit is currently included for free in an Audible monthly subscription membership.
Walter Tevis (1928 - 1984) was an American novelist and short story writer. Throughout his life, Tevis wrote more than two dozen short stories that were widely published and three of his novels have been adapted into films, including The Hustler starring Paul Newman and The Man Who Fell to Earth starring none other than David Bowie.
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