Author: Thomas Glavinic
Year: 1998
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Chess, Contemporary, Fiction
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9781846559310
9781860466762
1846559316
1860466761 |
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Carl Haffner is a Vienesse chess master, facing in 1910 the greatest challenge of his life. He has been persuaded to challenge Emmanuel Lasker, the brilliant World Champion for his title. But Haffner is a shy, fragile man, who has escaped poverty only though his extraordinary gift for chess.
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