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Taft
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- Book Synopsis
- Ann Patchett's second novel to be published in the UK, following the Orange Prize-shortlisted 'The Magician's Assistant'.John Nickel is a black ex-jazz musician who only wants to be a good father. When his son is taken away to Miami by his mother, Nickel is left with nothing but Muddy's, the Memphis blues bar that he manages. Then he hires Fay Taft, a young white waitress from east Tennessee who has a volatile brother, Carl, in tow. They spell nothing but trouble for Nickel. Fay stirs up both romantic and paternal impulses in him and Carl is clearly a no-good.But Nickel finds himself consumed with the idea of Taft, Fay and Carl's dead father, and begins to reconstruct the life of a man he never met but whose place he has taken.
- About The Author
- Ann Patchett is originally from Los Angeles and is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of eight novels, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician's Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth and The Dutch House. She lives in Nashville.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781841150499
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- 4th Estate, (06 August 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 190 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 15 mm
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