The Luzhin Defense by Vladimir Nabokov

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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 Luzhin, a distracted, withdrawn boy, takes up chess as a refuge from everyday life.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 the heights of grandmaster, the game of chess gradually supplants the world of reality as he moves inexorably towards madness.

Vintage, 1990.
ISBN: 9780679727224. 256 pp.
Softcover. Near fine.