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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ivy Books
Publication date
October 1, 1995
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780804113885
ISBN-10
0804113882
Dimensions
0.75 by 4 by 7 in.
Weight
0.30 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$5.99
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Left with nothing but his bar after his son is taken from him, ex-jazz musician John Nickel hires Fay as a new waitress and becomes obsessed with learning the story of Fay's late father's life. Reprint. NYT.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "A MOVING EMBLEM OF FATHERHOOD'S RARELY EXPLORED PASSION."
--Los Angeles Times
John Nickel is a black ex-jazz musician who only wants to be a good father. But when his son is taken away from him, he's left with nothing but the Memphis bar he manages. Then he hires Fay, a young white waitress, who has a volatile brother named Carl in tow. Nickel finds himself consumed with the idea of Taft, Fay and Carl's dead father, and begins to reconstruct the life of a man he never met. But his sympathies for these lost souls soon take him down a twisting path into the lives of strangers....
"Patchett writes with remarkable conviction and attention to telling detail....Patchett is excellent at portraying the steady love and interest that holds the family members together, even though that love and interest isn't always successful in preserving the members from danger."
--Jane Smiley
Mirabella
"Absorbing...Strikingly original."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Compassionate and deeply moving."
--Booklist
--Los Angeles Times
John Nickel is a black ex-jazz musician who only wants to be a good father. But when his son is taken away from him, he's left with nothing but the Memphis bar he manages. Then he hires Fay, a young white waitress, who has a volatile brother named Carl in tow. Nickel finds himself consumed with the idea of Taft, Fay and Carl's dead father, and begins to reconstruct the life of a man he never met. But his sympathies for these lost souls soon take him down a twisting path into the lives of strangers....
"Patchett writes with remarkable conviction and attention to telling detail....Patchett is excellent at portraying the steady love and interest that holds the family members together, even though that love and interest isn't always successful in preserving the members from danger."
--Jane Smiley
Mirabella
"Absorbing...Strikingly original."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Compassionate and deeply moving."
--Booklist
Editions
Hardcover
from Houghton Mifflin (October 1, 1994)
9780395694619 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $21.95
About: John Nickel, an African-American blues musician managing a Memphis bar, hires a white brother and sister, even though he knows they mean trouble, as he pines to be reunited with his son
About: John Nickel, an African-American blues musician managing a Memphis bar, hires a white brother and sister, even though he knows they mean trouble, as he pines to be reunited with his son
Paperback
Reprint edition from Mariner Books (April 19, 2011)
9780547521893 | details & prices | 273 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $14.95
Reprint edition from Perennial (September 1, 2007)
9780061339226 | details & prices | 246 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $13.95
1 edition from Perennial (March 1, 2003)
9780060540760 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $12.95
About: John Nickel, an African American blues musician managing a Memphis bar, hires a white brother and sister even though he knows they mean trouble, as he pines to be reunited with his son.
About: John Nickel, an African American blues musician managing a Memphis bar, hires a white brother and sister even though he knows they mean trouble, as he pines to be reunited with his son.
from Ballantine Books (April 1, 1999)
9780345433534 | details & prices | 272 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $13.00
About: John Nickel, an African American blues musician managing a Memphis bar, hires a white brother and sister even though he knows they mean trouble, as he pines to be reunited with his son
About: John Nickel, an African American blues musician managing a Memphis bar, hires a white brother and sister even though he knows they mean trouble, as he pines to be reunited with his son
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Ivy Books (October 1, 1995)
9780804113885 | details & prices | 4.00 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $5.99
About: John Nickel, an African American blues musician managing a Memphis bar, hires a white brother and sister, even though he knows they mean trouble, as he pines to be reunited with his son
About: John Nickel, an African American blues musician managing a Memphis bar, hires a white brother and sister, even though he knows they mean trouble, as he pines to be reunited with his son
Miscellaneous
from Houghton Mifflin (March 22, 2011)
9780547524153 | details & prices | 320 pages | List price $14.95
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (March 1, 2001)
9780613175449 | details & prices | List price $21.10
About: John Nickel, an African American blues musician managing a Memphis bar, hires a white brother and sister even though he knows they mean trouble, as he pines to be reunited with his son
About: John Nickel, an African American blues musician managing a Memphis bar, hires a white brother and sister even though he knows they mean trouble, as he pines to be reunited with his son
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