SARA HOLLIDAY WOWS BOOKSHOP CROWD IN ASTORIA

On a chilly Wednesday night in Astoria, the British blues boom came to the Astoria Bookshop as Sara Holliday appeared to talk about her new book, "A Thousand Dances: A Novel of the British Blues Boom," and sign copies for purchasers.

An enthusiastic audience volleyed questions about the book, its characters and the real-life British musicians who turn up in its pages.