L. R. I. reviewed on 4/5/2006 + 28 more book reviews

The setting is 1940s New York, a city that is "long gone, replaced by another city of the same mane." Against a backdrop that pulses with sound and rhythm, BODY & SOUL brilliantly evokes the life of a child prodigy whose musical genius pulls him out of a squalor and into the drawing rooms of the rich and a gilt-edged marriage. But the same talent that transforms him also hurtles him into a lonely world of obsession and relentless ambition. From Carnegie Hall to the smoky jazz clubs of London, BODY & SOUL burns with passion and truth -- at once a riveting, compulsive read and a breathtaking glimpse into a boy's heart and an artist's soul.

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