Racial hatred is in vogue, and a mixed-race German citizen (dubbed by the Nazis with the epithet " Rhineland Bastard") like Hiero Falk can be arrested and simply disappear, lost to history. The book follows a jazz bassist named Sidney "Sid" Griffiths and his bandmates, from the jazz scene in 1939 Berlin and Paris into the 1940s, when Griffiths and his friends attempt to flee the impending peril that looms over Germany. By the year's end, Half-Blood Blues was highly acclaimed, and had garnered prestigious literary awards. Thomas Allen Publishers stepped in and released the first printing in August 2011, several months behind schedule. Edugyan's Canadian publisher had agreed to release the book in Canada four months earlier, but subsequently went bankrupt. It was first released in the United Kingdom in June 2011. Half-Blood Blues is Edugyan’s second novel.
Some of his music survives, however, and half a century later, fans of Falk discover his forgotten story. Griffiths' friend and bandmate, Hieronymus "Hiero" Falk, is caught on the wrong side of 1939 Nazi ideology and is essentially lost to history.
The book's dual narrative centers around Sidney "Sid" Griffiths, a journeyman jazz bassist. OL21333001W Page_number_confidence 93.83 Pages 326 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201108104733 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 410 Scandate 20201105034519 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781443433471 Tts_version 4.Half-Blood Blues (styled without the hyphen in the UK edition) is a fiction novel by Canadian writer Esi Edugyan, and first published in June 2011 by Serpent’s Tail.
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