In a Company of Fiddlers

by Rob Ritchie

In Ritchie?s second novel we are presented with a rich tapestry of interwoven storylines. We are rhetorically asked to consider whether musical performance is technique or passion; how we are shaped by our surroundings and ultimately, what price we are willing to pay to fit in. What was it about a performance more than 50 years ago that launched the singing career of the great Margaret Calloway. How does a farm girl from rural Ontario manage to perform Handel?s Messiah with such depth and authority that it becomes the standard by which all other renditions are measured?

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2011

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Characters were a little flat. It was hard to care about anyone in this book. Info on Handel's Messiah was interesting but got lost in the disjointed characters and Eli's anger.