In “The Varioni Brothers,” the brilliant songwriter Sonny Varioni appropriates his brother Joe’s lyric-writing talents and callously preempts the younger man’s realization of his own genius as a prose writer.
Sonny Varioni, the skilled songwriter in "The Varioni Brothers," borrows his brother Joe’s lyric-writing abilities and unethically prevents the younger man from recognizing his own prowess as a prose writer.