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Half Blood Blues by Edugyan, Esi is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Esi Edugyan explores loyalty, betrayal and the horror that, if you don’t tell your story, someone else might. And they just might tell it wrong."A superbly atmospheric prologue kick-starts a thrilling story about truth and betrayal." - The TimesIn the aftermath of the fall of Paris in 1940, a rising star on the cabaret scene was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. Hieronymous Falk was 20 years old. He was a German citizen. And he was black. Fifty years later, Chip persuades Sid, Hiero’s bandmate and the only witness that day, to return to Berlin. But Sid discovers there’s more to the journey than he thought when Chip shares a mysterious letter, bringing to the surface secrets buried since Hiero’s fate was settled."Edugyan is willing to take great risks to release the reader from any easy or predictable interpretations of Washington. She is not afraid to allow him to have thoughts and knowledge that seem oddly beyond his command. That is part of his ambiguous power in the book ... There are moments when the writing soars, when Washington’s experience of the natural world is rendered in a prose that openly, almost exultantly, strives to evoke beauty ... Edugyan is careful

Who reads Half Blood Blues?

Author

Edugyan, Esi

Publisher

SERPENTS TAIL LTD

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781846687761

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Music

Rating

3.63 / 5 (9,031 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13