{"product_id":"9780241720486","title":"The Defense","description":"By: Vladimir Nabokov     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVladimir Nabokov's early novel is the dazzling story of the coarse, strange yet oddly endearing chess-playing genius Luzhin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscovering his prodigious gift in boyhood and rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess that renders the real world a phantom. As he confronts the fiery, swift-swooping Italian Grandmaster Turati, he brings into play his carefully devised defence. Making masterly play of metaphor and imagery, \u003ci\u003eThe Defense\u003c\/i\u003e is the book that, of his early works, Nabokov felt 'contains and diffuses the greatest warmth'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":47723909152995,"sku":"DTRPRUK-9780241720486","price":92.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/getimage_22497ff4-f7ff-4d34-b9e4-800a7cbc8f1b.jpg?v=1766462024","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/products\/9780241720486","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}