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Repackaged edition of Man Booker and Orange Prize shortlisted novel, to tie in with publication of Washington Black

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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 ...

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´A superbly atmospheric prologue kick-starts a thrilling story about truth and betrayal... [a] brilliant, fast-moving novel.´ Kate Saunders Times

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Edugyan, Esi
Esi Edugyan´s Washington Black has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018 and The Scotiabank Giller Prize 2018. Her previous novel, Half Blood Blues won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize, the Governor-General´s Literary Award, the Rogers Writers´ Trust Prize, and the Orange Prize. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia

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