Twelve Bar Blues (novel)

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

Twelve Bar Blues

First edition
Author	Patrick Neate
Language	English
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Viking Press
Publication date	2001
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	416
ISBN	0-670-88791-9
OCLC	49394577

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.

References

1. Neate, P. (2001). Twelve Bar Blues. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-1727-4.
2. Reinfandt, Christoph (2006). "White Man Tells the Blues: The Power of Music and Narrative in Patrick Neate's Twelve Bar Blues". Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 54 (1): 33–49. doi:10.1515/zaa-2006-0106.