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  • Ann Patchett
    Ann Patchett
    / Early novels

    In Taft (1994) John Nickel, the Black manager of a blues bar who is mourning the loss of his son, finds a new family when he hires a young white woman, Fay Taft, and becomes involved in the problems of her brother, Carl. Patchett also wrote…

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    In Taft (1994) John Nickel, the Black manager of a blues bar who is mourning the loss of his son, finds a new family when he hires a young white woman, Fay Taft, and becomes involved in the problems of her brother, Carl. Patchett also wrote…

    Read More