Twelve Bar Blues (novel)
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Twelve Bar Blues | |
Author | Patrick Neate |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Historical novel |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication date | 2001 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 401 pp (paperback edition) |
ISBN | ISBN 0-140-28656-X |
Twelve Bar Blues is a 2001 novel by Patrick Neate, and the winner of that year's Whitbread novel award.
The story is essentially about two people who share a common history - Fortis 'Lick' Holden, a cornet player in early 20th Century New Orleans, and Sylvia Di Napoli, a retired prostitute living in modern day London, who is searching for her ancestry.