{"product_id":"half-blood-blues-a-novel","title":"Half-Blood Blues: A Novel","description":"Winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize\n\nMan Booker Prize Finalist 2011\nAn Oprah Magazine Best Book of the Year\n\nShortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction\n\nBerlin, 1939. The Hot Time Swingers, a popular jazz band, has been forbidden to play by the Nazis. Their young trumpet-player Hieronymus Falk, declared a musical genius by none other than Louis Armstrong, is arrested in a Paris café. He is never heard from again. He was twenty years old, a German citizen. And he was black.\n\nBerlin, 1952. Falk is a jazz legend. Hot Time Swingers band members Sid Griffiths and Chip Jones, both African Americans from Baltimore, have appeared in a documentary about Falk. When they are invited to attend the film's premier, Sid's role in Falk's fate will be questioned and the two old musicians set off on a surprising and strange journey.\n\nFrom the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris, Sid leads the reader through a fascinating, little-known world as he describes the friendships, love affairs and treacheries that led to Falk's incarceration in Sachsenhausen. Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues is a story about music and race, love and loyalty, and the sacrifices we ask of ourselves, and demand of others, in the name of art.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250012708\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1250012708.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Edugyan, Esi\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Former library book with the usual stamps, stickers and labels. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42747234877501,"sku":"BVV.1250012708.G","price":6.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1250012708-0.jpg?v=1764105381","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/half-blood-blues-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}