ENDGAME: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall

Frank Bradys svært kompetente biografi søker å besvare spørsmålet: "What was Bobby Fischer really like?"

Dette er nok den definitive biografien om hele verdens sjakkikon Bobby Fischer. Det er en bok helt uten sjakk-partier og sjakk-trekk, rett og slett en biografi om mennesket og sjakkmesteren. Dette er en ny paperback-utgave av boka.

Frank Brady traff selv Bobby første gang da gutten var 10 år og skrev allerede på 60-tallet første utgave av boka: "Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy". Han er en anerkjent kapasitet både innenfor og utenfor sjakklivet og har skrevet kritikerrose biografier også om helt andre slags mennesker, som f.eks. "Onassis: An extravagant Life".

Noen av de første kommentarene om denne boka:

• No mere updating of his previous book on Fischer, 'Endgame' repeats only a tiny fraction of the older bio (..) Brady has produced what is a rare triumph in the chess world, a page-turner that should fascinate both serious chess players and non-players.
  Al Lawrence, Chess Life

• Fischer is America’s greatest antihero. This fascinating biography is filled with hope, Cold War intrigue, the fulfilment of genius, and an explosive fall from grace that is both deeply moving and, ultimately, profoundly sad.
  Jeremy Silman, author of 'How to Reassess Your Chess

• A rapt, intimate book, greatly helped by Brady’s acquaintance with Fischer (..) he also makes use of unusually good source material (..) fascinating.
  Janet Maslin, New York Times

• Endgame' is rich in detail and insight. It is sympathetic and human, but not at all naive. I consider this book essential reading in the effort to understand Bobby Fischer and his place in our world.
  David Shenk, author of 'The Genius in All of Us' and 'The Immortal Game'

• This is a complete biography, with only a portion repeated from Brady's famous Profile of a Prodigy, and everything revised and rewritten based upon Brady's research over the last 40 years (..) Every Fischer fan will obviously want to read and discuss it.
  John Watson, The Week In Chess