{"product_id":"manila-gambit-hardcover","title":"Manila Gambit - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Zeugner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Snell, novice reporter, gets assigned a weekly column on chess, mostly because of his faux-filial attachment to the Hane Tribune's owner Waldo Turner. In return Snell promises to attend to, and probably marry, Waldo's fragile, unhinged niece Pamela Snow. The unlikely couple soon enough latch onto American chess prodigy, Mikey Spendip and his mother Vera, as they ascend the ladder of tournament chess. During the summer of 1980 at the Interzonal Finals in Manila, Philippines Spendip is persuaded to aid an uprising against dictator Ferdinand Marcos by deliberately losing a crucial match. But that gesture slips into a gory, comic fiasco. The novel is an ironic commentary on the nature of chess, chance, and love, in revolutionary circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Zeugner's collected stories, \u003ci\u003eUnder Hiroshima\u003c\/i\u003e, (2014), about teaching in Japan won the Serena McDonald Kennedy Prize for fiction. He has published a novel, \u003ci\u003eSoldier for Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of three short novels, \u003ci\u003eFood for Jackals\u003c\/i\u003e, (2014), and another collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eLife-Arc Teaching Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, (2015). He briefly played for the Harvard chess team, after the first three boards left the college for personal or academic reasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 314\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53750609772851,"sku":"9781498238649","price":73.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/K81ag_ZlRx9781498238649.webp?v=1785274309","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/manila-gambit-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}