![]() ![]() Ray will have to piece together the clues to recover his treasured Strad. But on the eve of the renowned and cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition–the Olympics of classical music–the violin is stolen, a ransom note for five million dollars left in its place. ![]() Together, Ray and his violin take the world by storm. We can always count on HBO to turn out a gripping. The novel was just published in May and is already being adapted by the streamer. Not his mother, who wants him to stop making such a racket not the fact that he can’t afford a violin suitable to his talents not even the racism inherent in the world of classical music. When he discovers that his great-great-grandfather’s beat-up old fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, all his dreams suddenly seem within reach. Kate Winslet To Star In Adaptation Of Hernan Diazs Trust. But Ray’s determined to become a world-class professional violinist, and nothing will stand in his way. If he’s lucky, he’ll get a job at the hospital cafeteria. Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. Brendan Slocumb’s debut thriller The Violin Conspiracy strikes me as a page-turner with uncommon depth. ![]()
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