Twelve Bar Blues (novel)

Twelve Bar Blues (novel)

infobox Book |
name = Twelve Bar Blues


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author = Patrick Neate
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Historical novel
publisher = Penguin Books
release_date = 2001
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 401 pp (paperback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-140-28656-X
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"Twelve Bar Blues" is a 2001 novel by Patrick Neate, 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.


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