The Imperfectionists

Ranked #58 in Italy, Ranked #58 in Journalism

One of most acclaimed books of the year, Tom Rachman's debut novel follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters and editors of an English-language newspaper in Rome. less

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Rosie Blau It’s the story of a newspaper founded in Rome in the 1950s and we see the lives of 11 different people who work on the paper. It’s just fantastic. (Source)

Robert Cottrell The book is a fictional history of the International Herald Tribune. All the characters are clichés of one sort or another, by intention. (Source)


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