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Twelve Bar Blues (novel)

2001 novel by Patrick Neate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Twelve Bar Blues (novel)
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Twelve Bar Blues is a 2001 novel by Patrick Neate,[1][2] and the winner of that year's Whitbread novel award.

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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. Louis Armstrong is also featured in the novel.

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