Book description
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 ... 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 ...
