HALF BLOOD BLUES PB – ESI EDUGYAN

Chip told us not to go out. Said, don t you boys tempt the devil. But it been one brawl of a night, I tell you. The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. And he was black. Fifty years later, Sid, Hiero s bandmate and the only witness that day, is going back to Berlin. Persuaded by his old friend Chip, 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. In Half Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan weaves the horror of betrayal, the burden of loyalty and the possibility that, if you don t tell your story, someone else might tell it for you. And they just might tell it wrong …