The Queen's Gambit (novel)
First edition, featuring cover art by Will Barnet | |
| Author | Walter Tevis |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 243 |
| ISBN | 1-4000-3060-9 |
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, The Queen's Gambit.