Twelve Bar Blues
  • Published: 4 July 2002
  • ISBN: 9780140286564
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $40.00

Twelve Bar Blues

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4 Jul 2002
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An epic tale of jazz, fate, family and friendship

Spanning three continents and two centuries, Twelve Bar Blues is an epic tale of fate, family, friendship and jazz. 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 step-sister and that's a journey that leads him to a place he can call 'home'. Meanwhile, at the other end of the century, we find Sylvia, an English prostitute, and Jim, a young drifter. They're in search of Sylvia's past, lost somewhere in the mists of the Louisiana bayou.

Patrick Neate has written a story that straddles time and space, love and friendship, roots and pilgrimage and everything between. Poignant and hilarious, it will hook you - like a favourite tune - till the end.
  • Published: 4 July 2002
  • ISBN: 9780140286564
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $40.00
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Praise for Twelve Bar Blues

If I could choose one current British writer to tell tall tales around my fantasy campfire, it would be Patrick Neate

Daily Telegraph

An endearing romp. Continents, and eras, come together in an infectious celebration of a mixed-up music - and the mixed-up people who create it

Boyd Tonkin, Independent

A rollicking novel...energetic, divinely plotted. If the description of Lick raising the roof of a honky-tonk doesn't make your heart beat a little faster, there might be something wrong with your heart

The Times

Hugely enjoyable

Independent on Sunday

A formidable work of imagination

Evening Standard