Looking for book; 'Walking Good'

Subject: Looking for book; 'Walking Good'
From: CarlZen
Date: 24 Jul 99 - 12:32 AM

Sometime about 1975 I read a book which I borrowed from the Copenhagen Public Library. It was a short novel about a violinist who was tired of just reading notes on a page and wanted to "really play music", so he packed a tape recorder and his fiddle and headed for the Transylvanian Alps to learn to fiddle from the gypsies.

That book keeps haunting me - I tell its story to many people, and have searched used book stores and libraries here in the U.S. for a copy, but to no avail.

I believe the author was Peter O'Connor. At one time in my search I even had an ISBN number, but I've since lost it.

Can anyone help?

Subject: RE: Looking for book; 'Walking Good'
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Jul 99 - 02:58 AM

Yeah, Carl - I found it through www.bookfinder.com. Let's see if this link works: click here
-Joe Offer, Sacramento, California-

Subject: RE: Looking for book; 'Walking Good'
From: CarlZen
Date: 24 Jul 99 - 12:16 PM

Joe - EUREKA!!!!!!!!!! I've been looking for this for 20 years. Another case of mudcat vigilance. And this didn't even take very long.

Has anyone else ever read this book?