Nabokov's third novel, The Defense, is a chilling story of
obsession and madness. As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive,
distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an
object of ridicule to his classmates. He takes up chess as a refuge
from the anxiety of his everyday life. His talent is prodigious and
he rises to the rank of grandmaster--but at a cost: in Luzhin' s
obsessive mind, the game of chess gradually supplants the world of
reality. His own world falls apart during a crucial championship
match, when the intricate defense he has devised withers under his
opponent's unexpected and unpredictabke lines of assault.
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