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Half-blood blues : a novel / Esi Edugyan.

Edugyan, Esi (Author).

Summary:

The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. And he was black. Fifty years later, Sid, Hiero's bandmate and the only witness that day, is going back to Berlin. Persuaded by his old friend Chip, Sid discovers there's more to the journey than he thought.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250012708
  • Physical Description: 321 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Picador 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Picador paperback original"--Cover
Awards Note:
Man-Booker Prize Finalist, 2011; Scotiabank Giller Prize, Winner, 2011.
Subject: Jazz musicians > Fiction
Racially mixed people > Fiction
Ex-concentration camp inmates > Fiction.
Reunions > Fiction
Paris (France) > History > 1940-1944 > Fiction.
Berlin (Germany) > History > 1918-1945 > Fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System.

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Baker County Library EDUGYAN (Esi) (Text) 37814002642412 FICTION Available -

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