The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music

The New York Times bestselling true story that inspired the major motion picturean unforgettable tale of hope, heart and humanity(People). Journalist Steve Lopez discovered of Nathaniel Ayers, a former classical bass student at Julliard, playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeless Skid Row. Deeply affected by the beauty of Ayerss music, Lopez took it upon himself to change the prodigy's lifeonly to find that their relationship would have a profound change on his own. An intimate portrait of mental illness, of atrocious social neglect, and the struggle to resurrect a fallen prodigy.Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down