Walter Meyer asked:

>Perhaps someone can recognize a Burgess novel I once read in which a
>pianist for silent films, too drunk again to show up for work, in a
>desperate attempt to salvage his job, teaches the rudiments of music and
>piano playing to his daughter in one hour ...

"The Pianoplayers", published in 1986.  I don't know whether it's still in
print.

Richard Pennycuick
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