The Soloist
Subtitle: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
Publisher: Putnam Adult; G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: April 17, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780399155062
Subjects: Composers & Musicians - General; Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography; California; Homeless persons; Los Angeles; Skid row; United States; Violinists; Biography/Autobiography
Description: The true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musician who becomes schizophrenic and homeless, and his friendship with Steve Lopez, the Los Angeles columnist who discovers and writes about him in the newspaper.