From Weimar Berlin to the fall of Paris & on to the present day danger jealousy & inspiration combine to tempt a man to a secret betrayal. Now a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime" scheduled for 27th June
- 8th July. 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 & never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. & he was black. Fifty years later Sid Hieros bandmate & 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 & the possibility that if you dont tell your story someone else might tell it for you. & they just might tell it wrong..."