Half Blood Blues Book

From Weimar Berlin to the fall of Paris and on to the present day danger jealousy and inspiration combine to tempt a man to a secret betrayal. Now a "Radio 4 Book at Bedtime" scheduled for 27th June - 8th July. 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...Read More