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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music List Price: $44.95 Amazon.com's Price: $34.16 You Save: $10.79 (24%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CassetteDewey Decimal Number: 920 EAN: 9781433215193 Edition: Unabridged ISBN: 1433215195 Label: Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc. Manufacturer: Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc. Number Of Items: 5 Number Of Pages: 5 Publication Date: May 01, 2008 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc. Studio: Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc. Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: A moving story of a remarkable bond between a journalist in search of a story and a homeless, classically trained musiciandestined to be a major motion picture from DreamWorks, starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Enlightening, Interesting, and a Good ReadEnjoyed the book and found it very fascinating. Steve Lopez is a journalist and not a novelist but he still does a good job at bringing a great story to his readers. Most of all, he has been a good friend which is much more important than being any kind of writer. Rating: - The Next StepsHow often have most of us walked down the street and ignored the far too many homeless people that abound in most major urban centers in North America? One man I know with a schizophrenic son always carries large amounts of change in his pockets. He is generous with the change because, if circumstances were different, his son just might be among the homeless. Most of us simply tune the homeless out without thinking. Steve Lopez, to his credit, did not. He took the time to be curious ... Read More Rating: - Read it, then talk about itThe Soloist is one of those books that I want to give to everyone I know (and maybe even those I don't) just so we can talk about it later. On his way to work one day LA Times journalist Steve Lopez meets Nathaniel Ayers, a Julliard-trained homeless paranoid schizophrenic playing a broken and battered violin. The book chronicles their resulting relationship through all its complexities, challenges, and rewards. Though the title might lead you to believe that music redeems Ayers, I think it might ultimately ... Read More Rating: - Just lovelyThere are very few page turners in non-fiction for me, but this book was difficult to put down. The impact of mental illness in our society is not examined enough, and The Soloist has an honest, respectful way of addressing the myriad issues which surround this crisis in our culture. An entertaining and meaningful book which strikes just the right pitch. Rating: - Genius & MadnessA Los Angeles reporter discovers a homeless musician playing a 2-string violin under a freeway bridge. The musician is not just hacking away, but he's playing Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Bach. Intrigued, the reporter begins spending time with the homeless man -- initially with the idea of getting a column or two out of his story, but soon realizing this is the larger story of the shameful treatment of homelessness in America. Written as a developing drama, it's easy to see why this book was ... Read More 
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