An edition of The Death's Head Chess Club (2015)

Death's Head Chess Club

A Novel

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Death's Head Chess Club
John Donoghue, John Donoghue
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An edition of The Death's Head Chess Club (2015)

Death's Head Chess Club

A Novel

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SS Obersturmfuhrer Paul Meissner arrives in Auschwitz from the Russian front. After being badly wounded he is fit only for administrative duty and his first and most pressing task is to improve flagging camp morale. He sets up a chess club which thrives, as the officers and enlisted men are allowed to gamble on the results of the games. However, when Meissner learns from a chance remark that chess is also played by the prisoners he hears of a Jewish watchmaker who is 'unbeatable'. Meissner sets out to discover the truth behind this rumour and what he finds will haunt him to his death ...

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The Death's Head Chess Club: A Novel
Sep 06, 2016, Picador
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Death's Head Chess Club
2015, Atlantic Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: Death's Head Chess Club
Death's Head Chess Club: A Novel
2015, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
in English
Cover of: The Death's Head Chess Club
The Death's Head Chess Club
2015
in English
Cover of: The Death's Head Chess Club
The Death's Head Chess Club
Publish date unknown, Atlantic Books
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PR6104.O554D43 2015

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400

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OL37413707M
ISBN 13
9780374713973

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