Download or read book Basil Street Blues written by Michael Holroyd and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Holroyd is a distinguished biographer, but was never interested in exploring his own family's history until his parents died in the 1980s. This encouraged him to find out more about his parents, their stories, and their origins.