Breakfast Under a Cornish Sun by Samantha Tonge

Rating: 3.7/5 (17188 Reviews)
Isbn:9781846687761
Author:Esi Edugyan
Pages:0
Publisher:Serpents Tail

Chip told us not to go out. Said, dont you boys tempt the devil. But it been one brawl of a night, I tell you.The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. And he was black.Fifty years later, Sid, Hieros bandmate and the only witness that day, is going back to Berlin. Persuaded by his old friend Chip, Sid discovers theres more to the journey than he thought when Chip shares a mysterious letter, bringing to the surface secrets buried since Hieros fate was settled.In Half Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan weaves the horror of betrayal, the burden of loyalty and the possibility that, if you dont tell your story, someone else might tell it for you. And they just might tell it wrong ...