Patrick Neate
Penguin,2002
Paperback. 416pp
£6.99

Spanning three continents and two centuries, Twelve Bar Blues is an epic tale of fate, family, friendship and jazz that won the Whitbread Novel Prize in 2001.

At its heart is Lick Holden, a young jazz musician, who sets New Orleans on fire with his cornet at the beginning of the last century. But Lick's passion is to find his lost stepsister and that's a journey that leads him to a place he can call 'home'. Poignant and hilarious, Twelve Bar Blues will hook you - like a favourite tune - till the end.

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