Nat Jaffe

Nat Jaffe is one of the protagonists in the novel. He is a Caucasian Jewish man who co-owns Brokeland Rercods with Archy Stallings. Nat tries to be a good father and husband. Unlike, Archy Stallings, Nat is extremely faithful in his relationships. When Archy does not deny or confrim whether he is taking the Dogtown Thang job, Nat likens it to breaking up. The end of Brokeland Records is devastating for Nat.

Nat is emotional and temperamental, even though he is extremely loyal. He throws fits and yells at people and and has also been known to get in a fistfight or two. After Cochise Jone's funeral, Nat gets drunks, crashes his car and releases his nemesis's blimp into the sky. He does it as a childish prank, but when he considers that the blimp may fall from the sky and hurt someone innocent, the thought sickens...