{"product_id":"2940169368758","title":"Half-Blood Blues: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Hot Time Swingers, a popular jazz band, has been forbidden to play by the Nazis. Their young trumpet-player, Hieronymus Falk, declared a musical genius by none other than Louis Armstrong, is arrested in a Paris café. He is never heard from again. He was 20 years old, a German citizen. And he was black.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerlin, 1952. Falk is a jazz legend. Hot Time Swingers band members Sid Griffiths and Chip Jones, both African Americans from Baltimore, have appeared in a documentary about Falk. When they are invited to attend the film¿s premier, Sid¿s role in Falk¿s fate will be questioned and the two old musicians set off on a surprising and strange journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris, Sid leads the listener through a fascinating, little-known world as he describes the friendships, love affairs, and treacheries that led to Falk¿s incarceration in Sachsenhausen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHalf-Blood Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about music and race, love and loyalty, and the sacrifices we ask of ourselves, and demand of others, in the name of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Macmillan Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116665159920,"sku":"2940169368758","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169368758_p0.jpg?v=1763680917","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169368758","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}