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5/5 Thriftbooks Publication date 2001 ISBN 0-670-88791-9 Originally published 2001 Page count 416 | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 416 OCLC 49394577 Genre Historical Fiction Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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Twelve Bar Blues (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA