The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

by Maggie O'Farrell

Chopin’s Scherzo in B flat minor.

I wish there was more detail about Esmes pianism. Did she play anything else besides this Scherzo?

Esme seated herself on the stool and ran her hands over the black-wood lid, the gold letters that spelt out ‘Steinway’.

steinway and sons I would think