{"product_id":"the-defense","title":"The Defense","description":"\u003cp\u003eVladimir Nabokov's early novel is the dazzling story of the coarse, strange yet oddly endearing chess-playing genius Luzhin. Discovering 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Defense\u003c\/em\u003e is the book that, of his early works, Nabokov felt 'contains and diffuses the greatest warmth'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vladimir Nabokov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44993508573231,"sku":"9780241720486","price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9780241720486.jpg?v=1772205499","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/the-defense","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}