{"product_id":"half-blood-bluesbooks","title":"Half-Blood Blues","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, 1940.  A brilliant jazz musician, Hiero, is arrested by the Nazis and never heard from again.  He is twenty years old.  He is a German citizen.  And he is black. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFifty years later, his friend and fellow musician, Sid, must relive that unforgettable time, revealing the friendships, love affairs and treacheries that sealed Hiero's fate. From the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris -- where the legendary Louis Armstrong makes an appearance -- Sid, with his distinctive and rhythmic German-American slang, leads the reader through a fascinating world alive with passion, music and the spirit of the resistance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHalf-Blood Blues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, the second novel by an exceptionally talented young writer, is an entrancing, electric story about jazz, race, love and loyalty, and the sacrifices we ask of ourselves, and demand of others, in the name of art.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Edugyan, Esi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":42919915094240,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/51YgzQrT28L._SX331_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1601752738","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/half-blood-bluesbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}