Two brothers in Dublin, Peter, a successful barrister, and Ivan, a young chess prodigy, are left reeling after their father's death, each entangled in a complicated relationship with an older or younger woman while their own bond frays and slowly reforms.
Books mentioned in Intermezzo (2)
Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein: “(epigraph) But don’t you feel grief now? (‘But aren’t you now playing chess?’) —LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN, Philosophical Investigations”
My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer: “What’s the book? Peter asks. My 60 Memorable Games.”