TWELVE BAR BLUES PB B FORMAT – PATRICK NEATE

Spanning three continents and two centuries, Twelve Bar Blues is an epic tale of fate, family, friendship and jazz. At its heart is Lick Holden, a young jazz musician, who sets New Orleans on fire with his cornet at the beginning of the last century. But Lick s passion is to find his lost step-sister and that s a journey that leads him to a place he can call home . Meanwhile, at the other end of the century, we find Sylvia, an English prostitute, and Jim, a young drifter. They re in search of Sylvia s past, lost somewhere in the mists of the Louisiana bayou. Patrick Neate has written a story that straddles time and space, love and friendship, roots and pilgrimage and everything between. Poignant and hilarious, it will hook you – like a favourite tune – till the end.