Half-Blood Blues

"A superbly atmospheric prologue kick-starts a thrilling story about truth and betrayal...[A] brilliantly fast-moving novel." --"The Times" (London)

"Shines with knowledge, emotional insight, and historical revisionism...Truly extraordinary in its evocation of time and place, its shimmering jazz vernacular, its pitch-perfect male banter and its period slang." --"The Independent" (London)

"Ingenious." --"The""Daily Telegraph "(London)

"Destined to win a wide audience...Deftly paced in incident and tone, moving from scenes of snappy dialogue, in which band members squabble and banter humorously, to tense, atmospheric passages of description...Edugyan makes fresh tracks in this richly-imagined story..."Half-Blood Blues "itself represent a kind of flowering--that of a gifted storyteller." --"The Toronto Star"

Unforgettable Brilliantly conceived, gorgeously executed. It's a work that promises to lead black literature in a whole new direction. "The Globe and Mail (Toronto)"

A superbly atmospheric prologue kick-starts a thrilling story about truth and betrayal [A] brilliantly fast-moving novel. "The Times (London)"

Shines with knowledge, emotional insight, and historical revisionism Truly extraordinary in its evocation of time and place, its shimmering jazz vernacular, its pitch-perfect male banter and its period slang. "The Independent (London)"

Ingenious. "The Daily Telegraph (London)"

Destined to win a wide audience Deftly paced in incident and tone, moving from scenes of snappy dialogue, in which band members squabble and banter humorously, to tense, atmospheric passages of description Edugyan makes fresh tracks in this richly-imagined story "Half-Blood Blues "itself represent a kind of flowering--that of a gifted storyteller. "The Toronto Star""

Unforgettable Brilliantly conceived, gorgeously executed. It's a work that promises to lead black literature in a whole new direction. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

A superbly atmospheric prologue kick-starts a thrilling story about truth and betrayal [A] brilliantly fast-moving novel. The Times (London)

Shines with knowledge, emotional insight, and historical revisionism Truly extraordinary in its evocation of time and place, its shimmering jazz vernacular, its pitch-perfect male banter and its period slang. The Independent (London)

Ingenious. The Daily Telegraph (London)

Destined to win a wide audience Deftly paced in incident and tone, moving from scenes of snappy dialogue, in which band members squabble and banter humorously, to tense, atmospheric passages of description Edugyan makes fresh tracks in this richly-imagined story Half-Blood Blues itself represent a kind of flowering--that of a gifted storyteller. The Toronto Star

"Unforgettable...Brilliantly conceived, gorgeously executed. It's a work that promises to lead black literature in a whole new direction." --The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

"A superbly atmospheric prologue kick-starts a thrilling story about truth and betrayal...[A] brilliantly fast-moving novel." --The Times (London)

"Shines with knowledge, emotional insight, and historical revisionism...Truly extraordinary in its evocation of time and place, its shimmering jazz vernacular, its pitch-perfect male banter and its period slang." --The Independent (London)

"Ingenious." --The Daily Telegraph (London)

"Destined to win a wide audience...Deftly paced in incident and tone, moving from scenes of snappy dialogue, in which band members squabble and banter humorously, to tense, atmospheric passages of description...Edugyan makes fresh tracks in this richly-imagined story...Half-Blood Blues itself represent a kind of flowering--that of a gifted storyteller." --The Toronto Star