Twelve Bar Blues (novel)

Twelve Bar Blues
First edition
AuthorPatrick Neate
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
2001
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages416
ISBN0-670-88791-9
OCLC49394577

Twelve Bar Blues is a 2001 novel by Patrick Neate,[1][2] 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. Louis Armstrong is also featured in the novel.

References

  1. ^ Neate, P. (2001). Twelve Bar Blues. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-1727-4.
  2. ^ Reinfandt, Christoph (2006). "White Man Tells the Blues: The Power of Music and Narrative in Patrick Neate's Twelve Bar Blues". Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 54 (1): 33–49. doi:10.1515/zaa-2006-0106.