The Pianoplayers
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The Pianoplayers
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The Pianoplayers is a 1986 novel by Anthony Burgess that draws on memories of his early life in Manchester in the 1920s and 1930s; particularly, the novel focuses on the life of his father Joe, a pub and cinema pianist. The child narrator Ellen Henshaw and her father Billy have a series of picaresque adventures in Manchester and Blackpool, culminating in the death of Billy as he attempts to break the world record for non-stop pianoplaying; later in life, Ellen travels the world setting up 'schoo
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1986 novel by Anthony Burgess
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