內容簡介
由美國小說家 Walter Tevis 於1983年出版的"The Queenˊs Gambit"，
2020年被翻拍成Netfix的小影集，躍上了現代人的手機螢幕裡。
三十餘年以前的小說作品，究竟有什麼魅力？
貝絲在八歲時被送到孤兒院，她發現有兩種方法可以讓她逃離現實，
一種是玩西洋棋，另一種則是吞下孤兒院配發給每位孩子的綠色藥丸－鎮定劑。
不久，貝絲的天賦讓她在棋場逐漸大放異彩，然而她的藥癮卻也如影隨形。
這本小說不只描述天才少女的大鳴大放，也書寫與藥癮拉扯的困境，
在六十四格的輸贏之外，自我是否存亡。
Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she’s competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting.
