The Violin Conspiracy
by Brendan Slocumb
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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK!???Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise?undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world ? when a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfather?s heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world.?I loved The Violin Conspiracy for exactly the same reasons I loved The Queen?s Gambit : a surprising, beautifully rendered underdog hero I cared about deeply and a fascinating, cutthroat?world I knew nothing about?in this case, classical music.? ?Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and Hour of the WitchGrowing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian?s life is already mapped out. But Ray has a gift and a dream?he?s determined to become a world-class professional violinist, and nothing will stand in his way. Not his mother, who wants him to stop making such a racket; not the fact that he can?t
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