by PaoloMaurensig (Author)
The story of a duel to the death, of a chess game that remained unfinished for over 50 years. When a German businessman is shot, a mystery unfolds which takes the reader to the dead man's roots in Vienna, to his rivalry with a young Jewish player, and to the terrible secret in their past.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Edition: New
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 06 May 1999
ISBN 10: 0753806711
ISBN 13: 9780753806715
Book Overview: Shortlisted 1999 H.H. Wingate/Jewish Quarterly Literary Prize: Fiction
Prizes: Shortlisted for Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize: Fiction 1999 and HH Wingate/Jewish Quarterly Literary Prize 1999.