9780395694619

Taft

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9780395694619

Hardcover|9780395694619


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"Taft is the story of John Nickel, a black ex-musician who wanted nothing more than to be a good father. But his son is taken away from him and he is left with nothing but the Memphis bar he manages. When he hires a young white waitress named Fay Taft, he doesn't know that he is taking on her desperate brother, Carl, as well. Nickel's sympathies for these two quickly become a dangerous path into the lives of strangers." "As the ominous events of the story unfold, Nickel is consumed with the idea of Taft, Fay and Carl's dead father. Through imagination, he begins to reconstruct the life of a man he never met. Through Taft, he begins to define the priorities of his own life." "The voice of John Nickel is a stunning artistic achievement. The story it tells is universal in its appeal to our instincts to protect the people we love. Taft confirms Ann Patchett's standing as one of the most gifted writers of her generation."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

ISBN-13

9780395694619

ISBN-10

0395694612

Weight

1.15 Pounds

Dimensions

5.75 x 1.25 x 8.75 In

List Price

$21.95

Format

Hardcover

Pages

288 pages

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published On

1994-10-01



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