by Maggie O'Farrell · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466377652
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In 'The Strange Disappearance of Esme Lennox', Maggie O'Farrell immerses us in a disturbing story about family ties and social conventions. Iris is forced to take in her great-aunt Esme, who has spent sixty-one years in a psychiatric hospital. As Iris investigates Esme's past, she uncovers hidden secrets and a mystery that grows with each revelation. With elegant prose and memorable characters, O'Farrell creates an atmosphere of suspense that captivates the reader until the end.
Maggie O'Farrell FRSL is an Irish-British novelist. Her acclaimed first novel, After You'd Gone, won the Betty Trask Award and a later one, The Hand That First Held Mine, the 2010 Costa Novel Award. She has twice been shortlisted since for the Costa Novel Award for Instructions for a Heatwave in 2014 and This Must Be The Place in 2017. Her memoir I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death reached the top of the Sunday Times bestseller list. Her novel Hamnet won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2020, the fiction prize at the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Awards. O'Farrell co-adapted the book for the screen with Chloé Zhao in 2025, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for her work on the film.
