{"product_id":"9780547521893","title":"Taft: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eBest-selling novelist Ann Patchett’s second, \"strikingly original\"* novel tells the moving story of John Nickel, an ex–jazz musician who wanted nothing more than to be a good father. When his lover takes away his son, he’s left only with his Beale Street bar. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stunning artistic achievement,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaft confirms Ann Patchett’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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e*Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026301075696,"sku":"9780547521893","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547521893_p0.jpg?v=1763781969","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547521893","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}