Half-Blood Blues A Novel |
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| Author:
| Edugyan, Esi |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61173-421-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | Center Point Large Print
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $63.80 |
Book Description:
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Berlin, 1939. The Hot Time Swingers, a popular jazz band, has been forbidden to play by the Nazis. Their young black trumpet player Hieronymus Falk, declared a musical genius by Louis Armstrong, is arrested in a café and never heard from again.
Berlin, 1952. Falk is now a jazz legend, and Hot Time Swingers band members Sid Griffiths and Chip Jones 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...
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Berlin, 1939. The Hot Time Swingers, a popular jazz band, has been forbidden to play by the Nazis. Their young black trumpet player Hieronymus Falk, declared a musical genius by Louis Armstrong, is arrested in a café and never heard from again.
Berlin, 1952. Falk is now a jazz legend, and Hot Time Swingers band members Sid Griffiths and Chip Jones 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, launching the two old musicians on a surprising and strange journey.
From 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.