Steve Lopez is a columnist for the LA Times, where he first wrote a series of enormously popular columns about Nathaniel Ayers.
An enthralling read...A story of the redemptive power of music and the power of persistence and of friendship * The Irish Times * A tribute to the strengthening bond between two men and to the transformative power of music. * Glasgow Herald * With self-effacing humor, fast-paced yet elegant prose and unsparing honesty, Lopez tells an inspiring story of heartbreak and hope as he tries to help an accomplished though homeless violinist find his path off the streets * Publishers Weekly - Books of the Year * A newspaper columnist discovers a musical prodigy among the cast-offs on Skid Row, and a story unfolds like a concerto with layers of unlikely, interconnected strains. It is also a powerful story of one journalist's search for the meaning of his own craft, for the nature of sympathy and respect. * Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down * Steve Lopez is a terrific reporter. The Soloist is poignant, wise, and funny. * Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind *