The violin conspiracy
Record details
- ISBN: 0593315413
- ISBN: 9780593315415
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Physical Description:
342 pages ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
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Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "Ray McMillian loves playing the violin more than anything, and nothing will stop him from pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician. Not his mother, who thinks he should get a real job, not the fact that he can't afford a high-caliber violin, not the racism inherent in the classical music world. And when he makes the startling discovery that his great-grandfather's fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, his star begins to rise. Then with the international Tchaikovsky Competition-the Olympics of classical music-fast approaching, his prized family heirloom is stolen. Ray is determined to get it back. But now his family and the descendants of the man who once enslaved Ray's great-grandfather are each claiming that the violin belongs to them. With the odds stacked against him and the pressure mounting, will Ray ever see his beloved violin again?"-- |
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Subject: | Racism Fiction Ransom Fiction Theft Fiction Stradivarius violin Fiction African American musicians Fiction Violinists Fiction |
Genre: | Novels. Bildungsromans. Social problem fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Bildungsromans. Bildungsromans. Social problem fiction. Suspense fiction. |
Available copies
- 40 of 52 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 52 total copies.
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Rowayton Library | MYS SLO (Text) | 33625122840304 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
The Violin Conspiracy : A Novel
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Author Notes
The Violin Conspiracy : A Novel
Brendan Nicholaus Slocumb was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and holds a degree in music education (with concentrations in violin and viola) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For more than twenty years he has been a public and private school music educator and has performed with orchestras throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC. He is currently working on his second novel.