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Ronan Bennett
ISBN: 9780747589396
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition: Open market ed
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St Petersburg, 1914. Dr Otto Spethmann, a famous psychoanalyst, is implicated in a murder. But he is preoccupied with Avrom Rozental, the brilliant chess master who is due to play the most important competition of his life but is on the verge of a breakdown.
St Petersburg, 1914. Dr Otto Spethmann, a famous psychoanalyst, is implicated in a murder. But he is preoccupied with Avrom Rozental, the brilliant chess master who is due to play the most important competition of his life but is on the verge of a breakdown. With the city rife with speculation and alarm, Spethmann broods over his own chessboard, its pieces frozen mid-battle, and contemplates the forces - political, historical, sexual - that are holding him in their grasp.
| ISBN | 0747589399 | | Pages | 288 | | ISBN13 | 9780747589396
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Height (mm) | 178 | | Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Width (mm) | 111 | | Format | Paperback | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | Publication date | 07 Apr 2008 | | Academic level | General |
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'A clever and exciting thriller a crime novel that's both literary and gripping, a rare treat' Daily Mail 'Brilliant atmospheric, ingenious and perfectly paced' Independent on Sunday 'This classy, literate thriller is about chess, psychoanalysis, Russian skullduggery, history, mystery, romance - and more' The Times 'Full of murder, political intrigue and moral dilemmas, and, everywhere, there are lies and betrayal Zugzwang is a thriller with ambitions. It has echoes of Graham Greene, Brian Moore and Alan Furst Zugzwang is an entertaining and serious work of fiction' TLS  Be the first to write a customer review
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