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Half-Blood Blues
Half-Blood Blues (styled without the hyphen in the UK edition) is a fictional work written by Canadian writer Esi Edugyan, and first published in June 2011 by Serpent’s Tail. The book's dual narrative centers around Sidney "Sid" Griffiths, a journeyman jazz bassist. Griffiths' friend and bandmate, Hieronymus "Hiero" Falk, is caught on the wrong side of 1939 Nazi ideology, and is essentially lost to history. Some of his music does survive, however, and half
a century later, fans of Falk discover his forgotten story.
Background.
"Half-Blood Blues" is Edugyan’s second novel. It was first released in the United Kingdom in June 2011. Edugyan's Canadian publisher had agreed to release the book in Canada four months earlier, but subsequently went bankrupt. Thomas Allen Publishers stepped in and released the first printing in August 2011, several months behind schedule. By the year's end, "Half-Blood Blues" was highly acclaimed, and had garnered prestigious