Kingkill: A novel

By Thomas Gavin

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394498275
• ISBN13: 9780394498270
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.

Customer Reviews

what makes a genius?

You don't have to love chess to follow this tale through the chess world; you have to love a good story about what makes people (not to mention Automatons) tick. The characters are reminiscient of Crime and Punishment (and I mean that as a compliment) with their murky motivations. What makes this even more outstanding is that it is based on a real chess caper nearly pulled off but foiled by Poe...