Taft -- Ann Patchett

<strong>An ex-jazz drummer wants nothing more than to be a good father in this moving family novel by the <em>New York Times</em> best-selling author of <em>The Dutch House</em>.</strong><br/><br/>When John Nickel's lover takes away his son, Nickel is left only with his Beale Street bar in Memphis. 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.<br/><br/>A stunning artistic achievement, <em>Taft</em> confirms Ann Pathcett'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.<br/><br/>"What could be merely a literary parlor trick--keeping three stories in the air at once--becomes...as resonant as a blues song, each story harmonizing with and answering others. . . . Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett's fiction."--<em>New York Times</em><br><br><b>Author:</b> Ann Patchett<br><b>Publisher:</b> Harper Perennial<br><b>Published:</b> 04/19/2011<br><b>Pages:</b> 288<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.57lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.10h x 5.28w x 0.70d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780547521893<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>ANN PATCHETT</b> is the author of six novels, including <i>Bel Canto</i>, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize<i>.</i> She has written