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The story follows the main character, sidney griffiths, as he recounts his experiences while touring through europe as a jazz musician prior to the great war. There arent that many novels that come along that stop me in my track. Shop amongst our popular books, including 19, washington black, half blood blues and more from esi edugyan. Half blood blues 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.
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