Jos reviewed The defense by Vladimir Nabokov (Vintage international)
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3 stars
Not his best, but remarkable nonetheless.
272 pages
Published June 29, 2000 by Penguin Books Ltd.
The Luzhin Defense (Penguin Modern Classics)
Vladimir Nabokov: The Luzhin Defense (Penguin Modern Classics) (2000, Penguin Books Ltd)
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Originally published in Russian in 1930. Nabokov released an English translation in 1964. The novel is a fictionalized account of chess master, Curt von Bardeleben. The book was made into the movie, The Luzhin Defense in 2000.