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A Few Notes On...
Music Fiction
Atkins, Ace
Leavin’ Trunk Blues
Ruby Walker, one of the greatest blues singers, lost everything when she was
convicted of murdering her lover and producer, Billy Lyons. Decades later she
agrees to an interview with a Tulane University blues historian in hopes to
uncover the truth.
Becker, Geoffrey Bluestown
Living in Brooklyn and working for a shady musical effects company, Spencer
finds his life thrown into turmoil by an ugly labor dispute, a breakup with his
girlfriend, uncertainty about his future, and the return of his father, Spider,
after a seven-year absence
Bell, Madison Smartt Anything Goes
Twenty-year old Jesse escapes from his dysfunctional family life by forming a
band that embarks on a year-long tour across the South, which enable him to come
to terms with where he is from and where he is going.
Bocelli, Andre The Music of Silence: A Memoir Bocelli reveals the anguish of his
blindness and the transcendent experience of singing.
Carter, Charlotte Rhode Island Red
Nanette Hayes enjoys earning her living playing the saxophone for spare change
on New York's funky, mean streets, until an undercover cop is killed in her
apartment, and she becomes the prime suspect.
Crouch, Stanley Don’t the Moon Look Lonesome: a Novel in Blues and Swing
Interracial tension surmount between Carla, a jazz musician and Max, and a sax
player.As Carla, an up-and-coming jazz singer, prepares to wed her saxophonist
husband, the tensions created by their interracial relationship come to the
fore.
Dalton, David The Been Here and Gone: A Memoir of the Blues
A panorama of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of 102-year-old
bluesman Coley Williams includes anecdotes about such figures as Charley Patton,
Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Robert Johnson, and young Elvis
Presley.
Dart, Iris Rainer
Some Kind of Miracle Facing a slump in her career, struggling songwriter Dahlia
Green hopes to convince her cousin to give up rights to a song they co-wrote
years earlier, an endeavor compromised by her cousin's mental illness and
Dahlia's conscience.
Doyle, Roddy Oh, Play that Thing
Ex-IRA assassin Henry journeys between Chicago and New York in his pursuit of
his elusive wife and his love for jazz, all the while endeavoring to outmaneuver
the death warrant that has followed him across the Atlantic.
Fermine, Maxence The Black Violin
Wounded while fighting with Napoleon's army in the Italian campaign, violin
prodigy Johannes Karelsky arrives in Venice, where he is rescued by a mysterious
woman and boards with Erasmus, an aged violin maker who has created the
legendary "Black Violin."
Forsyth, Frederick The Phantom of Manhattan
With the help of the woman who had originally freed him from torment, the
Phantom of the Opera escapes by ship to America to begin a new and secret life
that leads him to power and wealth, until a mysterious death-bed message
transforms his life once again.
Goudge, Eileen Taste of Honey
Gerry Fitzgerald confronts a painful secret when the daughter she gave up for
adoption twenty-eight years earlier comes into her life, seeking answers.
Goldstein, Yael Overture: a Novel
Natasha Darsky, a musical prodigy whose talent blossoms during her college
years, when she begins to pursue composition as well as performance, abandons
her dream of writing music after a passionate affair with a young composer,
until her young daughter's talent as a composer has a profound influence on her
life and their relationship.
Halpin, Brenda Dear Catastrophe Waitress: a Novel
Two young people, Philippa and Mark, whose respective celebrity rock singer exes
achieve fame and fortune by writing nasty things about them in their songs find
true love with each other after they both end up in Boston—Philippa, now a
single mother on the run from an abusive relationship, and Mark, a grad school
teacher and confirmed bachelor.
Holmes, Rupert Swing: a Novel
Jazz musician Ray Sherwood, playing at the 1940 World Fair, becomes involved in
the investigation into the death of a mysterious Frenchwoman, who had previously
propositioned him.
Mackay, Scott Old Scores
When a much-despised music mogul is found strangled in his apartment, detectives
Barry Gilbert and Joe Lombardo find their job complicated by the victim's long
list of enemies and the case's impact on Gilbert's family.
Marson, Bonnie Sleeping with Schubert: a Novel
When her body is surreptitiously possessed by the spirit of Franz Schubert,
Brooklyn lawyer Liza Durbin struggles to retain her identity in the wake of her
proud parents, the media, a mysterious elderly fan, and the late composer's
passions.
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
When terrorists seize hostages as an embassy party, an unlikely assortment of
people is thrown together, including American opera star Roxane Coss, and Mr.
Hosokawa, a Japanese CEO and her biggest fan.
Seth, Vikram An Equal Music
Against the magical backdrop of Venice and Vienna, two lovers, Michael and
Julia, confront the truth about themselves and their love, about the music that
both unites and divides them, and about a devastating secret that Julia must
finally reveal.
Starer, Robert The Music Teacher
Bernard Winter, a failed concert pianist and music teacher connects musically
and emotionally with his new student, Lydia Harding. The reader is given a
behind-the-scenes glimpse of the concert circuit.
All annotations courtesy of NoveList
DH 5/07
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