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Twelve Bar Blues (novel)

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Twelve Bar Blues
First edition
AuthorPatrick Neate
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
2001
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages416
ISBN0-670-88791-9
OCLC49394577

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

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.