most grateful.
I do, and I am.
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About the Author
ANN PATCHETT is the author of five novels—
The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician’s Assistant, and the New York Times bestsellers Bel Canto and Run—as well as the nonfiction book Truth & Beauty. She has won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize, and the Book Sense
Book of the Year Award, and was a finalist
for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Patchett has written for many publications,
including the Washington Post, the Atlantic, the Paris Review, Gourmet, Vogue, Harper’s Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Fi c t i o n
R u n
B e l C a n t o
T h e M a g i c i a n’s A s s i s t a n t Ta f t
T h e P a t r o n S a i n t o f L i a r s No n f i c t i o n
Tr u t h & B e a u t y
Credits
Book design by Chip Kidd
Jacket design by Chip Kidd
Copyright
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Document Outline
Title Page
Contents Dedication Page
Begin Reading
Postscript
Photo Credits
About the Author
Also by Ann Patchett
Credits
Copyright Notice
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