{"product_id":"half-blood-blues-esi-edugyan-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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Esi Edugyan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250012708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250012708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Scotiabank Giller Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e ALA Notable Books - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/02\/2012 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2012 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2012 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/22\/2012 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012 pg. 24","brand":"Esi Edugyan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052088160511,"sku":"9781250012708","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58a054f0-a0ef-4ab9-81f6-4e0fbc5d8606.jpg?v=1685016888","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/half-blood-blues-esi-edugyan-9781250012708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}