Thriller 'The Violin Conspiracy' addresses racism in classical music
In his debut thriller, Brendan Slocumb employs polemic about racism to great effect as he reminds us that the high-toned world of classical music suffers from, and because of, racism.
Polemic rarely works in fiction, and that's for a very good reason: Fiction begets empathy, and polemic encourages attack.
But in his debut thriller The Violin Conspiracy, Brendan Slocumb employs polemic about racism to great effect as he reminds us that the high-toned world of classical music suffers from, and because, of racism.
Slocumb knows that world inside and out. A violinist, performer and lifelong music teacher, in his online biography he says that becoming a
