One day Marty Lambert receives a shocking phone call: His brother, Perry, has committed suicide. What drove the successful composer to jump out a twenty-third-story window?
The Music Roomby Dennis McFarland weaves together flashbacks and present moments to reveal the fraught past of a family of musicians. Marty’s intense quest for answers unfolds with the lyricism of a literary work and the pacing and intrigue of a mystery novel.
A bestselling author of novels and stories, McFarland received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and taught creative writing at Stanford University. The Music Room was his debut novel.The New York Times Book Review praises The Music Room as “remarkable from its beginning to its surprising, satisfying end.”
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The Music Room by Dennis McFarland {Excerpt} by OpenRoadMedia