Book Menu for The Soloist by Steve Lopez
ISBN for edition I read 9780399155062 (hardcover)
This is yet another book turned film. I couldn't put this book down and I advise having the tissues ready when you watch the movie! I read this book and watched the movie last year but I was quickly reminded of both when I chanced upon a recent episode of Secret Millionaire. http://tinyurl.com/3u5cqjj A rich businessman visits Skid Row and leaves several large checks with agencies helping the homeless there.
Food mentioned in The Soloist
Hamburgers, 34
Chicken and beans dinner, 60
Soda, 62
Sandwich cookies, 125
Spaghetti, 185
Chocolate, 203
Music mentioned in The Soloist (this is just a sampling!)
Beethoven, preface 15, 18 (throughout)
Stevie Wonder, preface
Tschaikovsky, 4, 5, 61
Miles Davis, 4
Ernest Bloch, 12, 15
Mozart, 12
Brahms, 12, 61
Dvorak, 12
Haydn, 12
Yo-Yo Ma, 16, 23, 32, 72
Mendelson
Books and Authors mentioned in The Soloist
Los Angeles Times newspaper
E.E. Cummings, 33
Hamlet / William Shakespeare, 64
The Color Purple / Alice Walker, 175
Herman Hesse, 205
Libraries mentioned in The Soloist
page 61: Nathaniel dips into his car for a list of sheet music. He says he spent some time at the Central Library earlier in the day but couldn't find the desired Brahms double concerto...
page 166: A week after the lesson with Pete Snyder, Nathaniel approaches Robinson with a question. Can he please park his buggy in the apartment while he goes to look for some sheet music at the library?
