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The Death's Head Chess Club John Donoghue

The Death's Head Chess Club By John Donoghue

The Death's Head Chess Club by John Donoghue


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Readers have been blown away by The Death's Head Chess Club - a deeply poignant and moving debut novel about the extraordinary relationship between an SS officer and a Jewish watchmaker.

The Death's Head Chess Club Summary

The Death's Head Chess Club by John Donoghue

Can you ever forgive the unforgivable?

In 1962, Emil Clement comes face to face with Paul Meissner at a chess tournament in Holland. They haven't seen one another in almost two decades. Clement, once known only as The Watchmaker, is a Jewish former inmate of Auschwitz. Whilst there, he was forced to play chess against Nazi guards. If he won, he could save a fellow prisoner's life; if he lost, he would lose his own. Meissner, a soft-spoken priest, was also at Auschwitz. He was the SS Officer who forced The Watchmaker to play...

About John Donoghue

John Donoghue has worked in mental health for over twenty years and written numerous articles about the treatment of mental illness in a variety of medical journals. He is married and lives in Liverpool.

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GOR008339775
9781782393139
1782393137
The Death's Head Chess Club by John Donoghue
Used - Like New
Paperback
Atlantic Books
2015-09-03
400
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