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Taft

By Ann Patchett

John Nickel is a black ex-jazz musician who only wants to be a good father. When is son is taken away from him, he's left with nothing but the Memphis bar he manages. Then Fay comes to work for him…

Release Date
1999
Length
260 pages
Publisher
HarperCollins UK
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John Nickel is a black ex-jazz musician who only wants to be a good father. When is son is taken away from him, he's left with nothing but the Memphis bar he manages. Then Fay comes to work for him and he begins to reconstruct the life of a stranger.

Author

Ann Patchett