Walter S Tevis
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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...
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Walter Tevis, autor de Sinsonte y El buscavidas, demuestra su capacidad de combinar distopía y humor en unas novelas que retratan lo peor de nuestro mundo.
Año 2063. Los recursos de la Tierra se están agotando. Todas las expediciones espaciales en busca de nuevos combustibles han fracasado, China es una potencia global, Estados Unidos agoniza en manos de la mafia, y la gente se muere de frío en el centro de Manhattan. El magnate estadounidense...
5) The hustler
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Itinerant pool shark challenges the top man for the championship, sacrificing everything until he realizes the stakes are too high.