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The defense

by Vladimir Nabokov, Michael Scammell

Originally published in Russian in 1930 and translated into English in 1964, this novel is a fictionalised account of chess master Curt von Bardeleben. The book was adapted into the film The Luzhin Defence in 2000.

Accession 8138 ISBN — Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons
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