Beautiful.Each chapter is a stand-alone story devoted to a character connected to/working at a newspaper in Rome, and, at the end of each chapter, there is a piece of the story of the inception/development of the paper over time. The history-pieces are presented in italics, which I didn't like. I fi...
I absolutely loved the first two chapters of this book. It had seemingly effortless and engaging writing, witty dialogue, and interesting characters. Unfortunately, my enjoyment started waning as I continued reading. A big part of this was Rachman’s female characters. As others have mentioned, there...
De imperfekta, I am reading it in swedish. A few of these people really struck a chord and I carry their stories with me for days. And then some I was glad to get rid of as soon as their chapter ended. Lovely book though, recommended!
I was all prepared to hate the book - novels prefaced with pages gushing compliments from various publications/periodicals/literary magazines tend to turn me off. I speed read through about 1/4 of the book, getting more and more irritated by it before deciding to give it 1/2 a chance and went back t...
I used to work on a monthly magazine, and year-round we had three issues in various states of preparedness. It was an ongoing struggle to keep everything moving forward. We had feature writers (both staff and freelance), columnists, editors, graphic artists, and a publisher that all worked together,...
Rachman was born in London, England and grew up in Vancouver. Rachman studied at the University of Toronto and obtained a Master's Degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He worked as a journalist for the Associated Press.The Imperfectionsists tells the story about an independ...
This loosely connected set of short stories follows the lives of various people involved with an international English language paper produced in Rome. The cast of characters is wide and varied, from the lazy Arthur, in charge of obituaries and Puzzle Jumble to the ambitious editor-in-chief, Kathle...
This book is a treat. It has a simple storyline, perhaps even predictable plots, but it's well written and entertaining. The author has a fine grasp of human nature, and he shows this through a variety of different types of characters. Disparate plotlines slowly begin to merge, and historical inc...
The fact that Tom Rachman chooses a newspaper as the subject of his first novel already wins him points with me. I grew up on those '40s newspaper movies with fast-talking, hotshot reporters trading barbs and trying to scoop each other. Rachman gives you all of that pacing, and some touching charact...
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