{"product_id":"9781443433488","title":"Half-Blood Blues","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHalf-Blood Blues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Esi Edugyan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummer of Canadian Reading 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe brilliant, bestselling, Giller Prize–winning novel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsi Edugyan’s \u003cem\u003eHalf-Blood Blues\u003c\/em\u003e took the literary world by storm when it was first published, captivating readers and reviewers with its audacity, power, and sheer brilliance. The novel won or was nominated for every literary prize in Canada—and many international ones, too, including the prestigious Man Booker Prize. It was hailed as one of the best books of the year by \u003cem\u003eOprah, The Globe and Mail, Amazon, The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Vancouver Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, and it was named a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003eEditor’s Choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris, the narrator of \u003cem\u003eHalf-Blood Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, musician Sid Griffiths, leads the reader through a fascinating, little-known world and into the heart of his own guilty conscience. The bestselling, award-winning \u003cem\u003eHalf-Blood Blues\u003c\/em\u003e is an entrancing, electric story about jazz, race, love and loyalty, and the sacrifices we ask of ourselves—and demand of others—in the name of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrange Prize for Fiction, Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Booker Prize, Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award, Governor General’s Literary Award, Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, BC Book Awards - Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781443433488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41111721410766,"sku":"9781443433488","price":14.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9781443433488.jpg?v=1649737757","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781443433488","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}