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Preoccupied by personal challenges while running a struggling English-language newspaper in Rome, an obituary writer confronts mortality, an eccentric publisher obsesses over his basset hound and other staff members uncover the paper's founding by an impulsive millionaire. A first novel.

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“Spectacular.”—"The New York Times"
 
“Magnificent.”—"Seattle Post Intelligencer"
 
“Beguiling.”—"The Washington Post"
“So good I had to read it twice simply to figure out how he pulled it off. I still haven’t answered that question, nor do I know how someone so young . . . could have acquired such a precocious grasp of human foibles. The novel is alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching.”—Christopher Buckley, "The New York Times Book Review"
“Marvelous . . . a rich, thrilling book . . . a splendid original, filled with wit and structured so ingeniously that figuring out where the author is headed is half the reader’s fun.”—Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"
 
“Each chapter is so finely wrought that it could stand alone as a memorable short story. Slowly, the separate strands become entwined and the line characters have drawn betwee

"Spectacular."--"The New York Times"

"Magnificent."--"Seattle Post Intelligencer"

"Beguiling."--"The Washington Post"

"So good I had to read it twice simply to figure out how he pulled it off. I still haven't answered that question, nor do I know how someone so young . . . could have acquired such a precocious grasp of human foibles. The novel is alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching."--Christopher Buckley, "The New York Times Book Review"

"Marvelous . . . a rich, thrilling book . . . a splendid original, filled with wit and structured so ingeniously that figuring out where the author is headed is half the reader's fun."--Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"

"Each chapter is so finely wrought that it could stand alone as a memorable short story. Slowly, the separate strands become entwined and the line characters have drawn between their work and home lives is erased. . . . Funny, poignant, occasionally breathtaking." --"Financial Times"

"Superb . . . Rachman delivers word portraits with all the verisimilitude of some of those masters hanging in the museums of Rome. He's that good."--"The Plain Dealer
"
"Deftly written and sharply observed . . . Even if you've never set foot in a newsroom, "The Imperfectionists "proves a delight . . . It's impossible not to like--this is masterful stuff."--"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"Spectacular."--"The New York Times"
"Magnificent."--"Seattle Post Intelligencer"
"Beguiling."--"The Washington Post"
"So good I had to read it twice simply to figure out how he pulled it off. I still haven't answered that question, nor do I know how someone so young . . . could have acquired such a precocious grasp of human foibles. The novel is alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching."--Christopher Buckley, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Marvelous . . . a rich, thrilling book . . . a splendid original, filled with wit and structured so ingeniously that figuring out where the author is headed is half the reader's fun."--Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"
"Each chapter is so finely wrought that it could stand alone as a memorable short story. Slowly, the separate strands become entwined and the line characters have drawn between their work and home lives is erased. . . . Funny, poignant, occasionally breathtaking." --"Financial Times"
"Superb . . . Rachman delivers word portraits with all the verisimilitude of some of those masters hanging in the museums of Rome. He's that good."--"The Plain Dealer
"
"Deftly written and sharply observed . . . Even if you've never set foot in a newsroom, "The Imperfectionists "proves a delight . . . It's impossible not to like--this is masterful stuff."--"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

Spectacular. "The New York Times"
Magnificent. "Seattle Post Intelligencer"
Beguiling. "The Washington Post"
So good I had to read it twice simply to figure out how he pulled it off. I still haven t answered that question, nor do I know how someone so young . . . could have acquired such a precocious grasp of human foibles. The novel is alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching. Christopher Buckley, "The New York Times Book Review"
Marvelous . . . a rich, thrilling book . . . a splendid original, filled with wit and structured so ingeniously that figuring out where the author is headed is half the reader s fun. Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"
Each chapter is so finely wrought that it could stand alone as a memorable short story. Slowly, the separate strands become entwined and the line characters have drawn between their work and home lives is erased. . . . Funny, poignant, occasionally breathtaking. "Financial Times"
Superb . . . Rachman delivers word portraits with all the verisimilitude of some of those masters hanging in the museums of Rome. He s that good. "The Plain Dealer
"
Deftly written and sharply observed . . . Even if you ve never set foot in a newsroom, "The Imperfectionists "proves a delight . . . It s impossible not to like this is masterful stuff. "The Philadelphia Inquirer""

Spectacular. The New York Times
Magnificent. Seattle Post Intelligencer
Beguiling. The Washington Post
So good I had to read it twice simply to figure out how he pulled it off. I still haven t answered that question, nor do I know how someone so young . . . could have acquired such a precocious grasp of human foibles. The novel is alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching. Christopher Buckley, The New York Times Book Review
Marvelous . . . a rich, thrilling book . . . a splendid original, filled with wit and structured so ingeniously that figuring out where the author is headed is half the reader s fun. Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Each chapter is so finely wrought that it could stand alone as a memorable short story. Slowly, the separate strands become entwined and the line characters have drawn between their work and home lives is erased. . . . Funny, poignant, occasionally breathtaking. Financial Times
Superb . . . Rachman delivers word portraits with all the verisimilitude of some of those masters hanging in the museums of Rome. He s that good. The Plain Dealer

Deftly written and sharply observed . . . Even if you ve never set foot in a newsroom, The Imperfectionists proves a delight . . . It s impossible not to like this is masterful stuff. The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"Spectacular."--The New York Times
"Magnificent."--Seattle Post Intelligencer
"Beguiling."--The Washington Post
"So good I had to read it twice simply to figure out how he pulled it off. I still haven't answered that question, nor do I know how someone so young . . . could have acquired such a precocious grasp of human foibles. The novel is alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching."--Christopher Buckley, The New York Times Book Review
"Marvelous . . . a rich, thrilling book . . . a splendid original, filled with wit and structured so ingeniously that figuring out where the author is headed is half the reader's fun."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"Each chapter is so finely wrought that it could stand alone as a memorable short story. Slowly, the separate strands become entwined and the line characters have drawn between their work and home lives is erased. . . . Funny, poignant, occasionally breathtaking." --Financial Times
"Superb . . . Rachman delivers word portraits with all the verisimilitude of some of those masters hanging in the museums of Rome. He's that good."--The Plain Dealer

"Deftly written and sharply observed . . . Even if you've never set foot in a newsroom, The Imperfectionists proves a delight . . . It's impossible not to like--this is masterful stuff."--The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Spectacular."--The New York Times

"Magnificent."--Seattle Post Intelligencer

"Beguiling."--The Washington Post

"So good I had to read it twice simply to figure out how he pulled it off. I still haven't answered that question, nor do I know how someone so young . . . could have acquired such a precocious grasp of human foibles. The novel is alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching."--Christopher Buckley, The New York Times Book Review

"Marvelous . . . a rich, thrilling book . . . a splendid original, filled with wit and structured so ingeniously that figuring out where the author is headed is half the reader's fun."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"Each chapter is so finely wrought that it could stand alone as a memorable short story. Slowly, the separate strands become entwined and the line characters have drawn between their work and home lives is erased. . . . Funny, poignant, occasionally breathtaking." --Financial Times

"Superb . . . Rachman delivers word portraits with all the verisimilitude of some of those masters hanging in the museums of Rome. He's that good."--The Plain Dealer

"Deftly written and sharply observed . . . Even if you've never set foot in a newsroom, The Imperfectionists proves a delight . . . It's impossible not to like--this is masterful stuff."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
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The charming and enthralling story of an idiosyncratic English-language newspaper in Rome and the lives of its staffers as the paper fights for survival in the internet age.

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  • PublisherDial Pr
  • Publication date2010
  • ISBN 10 0385343663
  • ISBN 13 9780385343664
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages272
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