Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Genre,
Pages,
Binding,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
Zweig
Author First Name:
Stefan
Genre:
CLASSICS
Pages:
112
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 10:
1805332414
ISBN 13:
9781805332411
Condition:
New
Publisher:
Pushkin Press
Date Published:
2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
Description
Chess world champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertains himself on board by allowing others to challenge him in the game, before beating each of them and taking their money. But there is another passenger with a passion for chess: Dr B, previously driven to insanity during Nazi imprisonment by the chess games in his imagination. But in agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will Dr B ultimately pay? A moving portrait of one man's madness, The Royal Game: a chess story is a searing examination of the power of the mind and the evil it can do.
