This week on the MashReads Podast, we're joined by Aja Gabel, author of "The Ensemble."

"It's a book about music, classic music in particular, but put another way, it's really just a book about people who happen to play music."

And, as always, we close the show with recommendations:

'The Third Hotel' by Laura van den Berg. "It's one of those books where you're like 'I've never read anything like this.'"