Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer by Voloj, Julian
Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer by Voloj, Julian

Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer

A graphic novel biography following the life of Bobby Fischer, from chess wunderkind and national hero to...
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Author: Julian Voloj
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Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer by Voloj, Julian

Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer

$50.72
Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer by Voloj, Julian

Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer

$50.72
Author: Julian Voloj
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A graphic novel biography following the life of Bobby Fischer, from chess wunderkind and national hero to his eventual spiral into madness and infamy

The life of Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) had many unexpected moves--from his solitary childhood to his stratospheric accomplishments in the world of competitive chess, and eventually, his decent into mental illness and disgrace. Black & White begins in Brooklyn, where Fischer was born and raised by a single mother. By the time he was a teen, he had established himself as a loner and dropped out of school. But none of that mattered; he had found his true calling--chess.

In 1972, Fischer played what many consider "the game of the century" against the Soviet Union's chess champion Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War. Later, Fischer became the youngest-ever US Chess Champion and the game's youngest grandmaster. Never before had chess received such international attention. Fischer, whose sole focus in life up until then was chess, reached the Olympus of chess at 29, and then . . . he disappeared.

Suffering from mental illness, the chess genius became increasingly paranoid, lost in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories--despite the fact that he himself was Jewish--and died as a fugitive in Iceland. With Black & White, author Julian Voloj and illustrator Wagner Willian have crafted a beautiful and fascinating work that reveals Fischer's history while also contextualizing his lasting impact on pop culture. Black & White is the first-ever graphic novel to tell Fischer's story and examine the legacy he left behind.

Author: Julian Voloj
Publisher: Abrams Comicarts
Published: 04/04/2023
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781419759864
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