![]() ![]() ![]() The Imperfectionists touches on the fall of newspapers and the rise of technology but, above all, it is a wise and moving novel about unusual, endearing characters. Tom Rachman’s debut novel is beautifully written, intelligent, and makes us care about people who are both flawed and immensely engaging-about their lives, their families, and about the larger family that is their newspaper. Rachmans witty novel- about the the ragtag staff of an English language newspaper in Rome facing financial oblivion- is based on his own experience as a. While the news of the day rushes past, the true front-page stories for all of them are the blunders and triumphs of their own lives. The Imperfectionists is a novel about the peculiar people who write and read an international newspaper based in Rome: from the obituary reporter who will do anything to avoid work, to the dog-obsessed publisher who seems less interested in his struggling newspaper than in his magnificent basset hound, Schopenhauer. Lloyd Burko is having troubles with his sources, with his technology at the paper, and with his family. ![]() Their chuckles are audible over the speakerphone. ![]()
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