The Defense

Title: The Defense
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Fiction: 1693403
ISBN: 9780679727224
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1990
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Section: Fiction | Literary
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description: A chilling story of obsession and madness. Luzhin, a distracted, withdrawn boy, takes up chess as a refuge from everyday life. As he rises to grandmaster, the game of chess gradually supplants the world of reality as he moves inexorably towards madness.