{"product_id":"half-blood-blues-9781250012708","title":"Half-Blood Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMan Booker Prize Finalist 2011\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eOprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerlin, 1939\u003c\/b\u003e. 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 caf . He is never heard from again. He was twenty years old, a German citizen. And he was black. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerlin, 1952\u003c\/b\u003e. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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 \u003ci\u003eHalf-Blood Blues\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edugyan, Esi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250012708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Esi Edugyan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39450535592011,"sku":"9781250012708","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_e04fcad7-7b33-4ad9-9008-e37ebfd2fd12.jpg?v=1627393836","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/half-blood-blues-9781250012708","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}