A collection of short stories, The Imperfectionists tells the stories of the men and women working for a struggling international English language newspaper in Rome. While the stories themselves are those of the contemporary employees ranging from the Editor in Chief to the obituary writer and accou...
Striving for mediocrity and settling for less is how the characters in The Imperfectionists operate. A novel by Tom Rachman, it’s the story of an English language newspaper in Rome and the people who struggle to make it work. We all know the fate of the newspaper industry today, but when Cyrus Ott s...
My four-star review is, at its simplest level, an exhortation to read this very good book. http://tinyurl.com/n66zcsv My reason for finally, four years later, writing the review is simply that it's on Kindle-sale in the US for $1.99. It's hard to find used books for that little money. It's hard ...
What did I like about this book? The punctuation and grammar were well done. The chapters were pretty short, so that was nice. Also, the chapters revolved around a different person each time, so that was nice because there is no way I could have endured any of these characters for an entire book...L...
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! A very entertaining, easy read from Tom Rachman. This his debut novel about the newspaper business set in Rome gives us glimpses into the lIves of the reporters and staff of the paper. Each chapter tells the story of a different character while spanning the decades...
This book started out slow for me and then picked up a little. I kept reading hoping that something would pull me in, but it just never happened. There were a few interesting character profiles, which account for the 2 star rating. Toward the end of the book, something happened that just left me ...
This is a book of short stories. Yes, they are interconnected through the paper, but I would argue not only that all of these could stand alone, but that several of the characters are so similar that it would be better if they did stand alone. Overall, it is an achingly sad collection: no one is ha...
In a wise and witty way Rachman delivers a very real story about an international newspaper based in Rome and the colorful people working there. Every character has his or her own short story, but at the end of the book you will have a complete picture of the weird, sometimes insane, reality called ...
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