Bücher der Reihe W&N Essentials

Soon to be adapted for an ITV television series by the Oscar-winning playwright behind Atonement and Dangerous Liaisons, Christopher Hampton.

The magnum opus from the author of the much loved classic, THE GO-BETWEEN: 'A masterpiece from the very first image' (Guardian)

'For a novel to be witty is one thing, to tell a good story is another, to be serious is yet another, but to be all three is surely enough to make it a masterpiece' New Statemsan

Winner of the 1970 lost Man Booker prize'A work of genius' GUARDIAN

A modern classic about a troubled chess prodigy and her battle to survive --- a coming of age story of feminism, chess and addiction