![]() Thomas Allen Publishers stepped in and released the first printing in August 2011, several months behind schedule. Edugyan's Canadian publisher had agreed to release the book in Canada four months earlier, but subsequently went bankrupt. It was first released in the United Kingdom in June 2011. Half-Blood Blues is Edugyan’s second novel. Some of his music survives, however, and half a century later, fans of Falk discover his forgotten story. Griffiths' friend and bandmate, Hieronymus "Hiero" Falk, is caught on the wrong side of 1939 Nazi ideology and is essentially lost to history. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book's dual narrative centers around Sidney "Sid" Griffiths, a journeyman jazz bassist. Half-Blood Blues (styled without the hyphen in the UK edition) is a fiction novel by Canadian writer Esi Edugyan, and first published in June 2011 by Serpent’s Tail. ![]()
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