{"product_id":"the-defense","title":"The Defense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Defense\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the book that, of his early works, Nabokov felt 'contains and diffuses the greatest warmth'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44059772911651,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/3607\/9395\/files\/71YTeux5CJL._SL1500.jpg?v=1792315487","url":"https:\/\/champaca.in\/products\/the-defense","provider":"Champaca Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}