Twelve Bar Blues (novel)

Twelve Bar Blues  

1st edition
Author(s) Patrick Neate
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Historical novel
Publisher Viking Press
Publication date 2001
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 416
ISBN 0-670-88791-9
OCLC Number 49394577

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.