| Taft Contributor(s): Patchett, Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547521898 ISBN-13: 9780547521893 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2023 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.28" W x 8.1" (0.57 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Best-selling novelist Ann Patchett's second, "strikingly original"* novel tells the moving story of John Nickel, an ex-jazz musician who wanted nothing more than to be a good father. When his lover takes away his son, he's left only with his Beale Street bar. He hires a young waitress named Fay Taft, who brings with her a desperate, dangerous brother, Carl, and the possibility of new intimacy. Nickel finds himself consumed with Fay and Carl's dead father-- Taft--obsessing over and reconstructing the life of a man he never met. A stunning artistic achievement, Taft confirms Ann Patchett's standing as one of the most gifted writers of her generation and reminds us of our deepest instincts to protect the people we love. *Kirkus Reviews |
Contributor Bio(s): Patchett, Ann: - ANN PATCHETT is the author of seven novels: The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician's Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, and Commonwealth. She was the editor of The Best American Short Stories 2006, and has written three books of nonfiction-Truth & Beauty, about her friendship with the writer Lucy Grealy, What Now? an expansion of her graduation address at Sarah Lawrence College, and This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, a collection of essays examining the theme of commitment. |