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Paperback. Zustand: Good. 288 pages. Cover worn.?Off the record, who is it?' He hesitates. ?I don't see why you need to k now.' But he does see, of course. ?It's my son.' Their chuckles are audible over the speakerphone. ?Are you serious?' Lloyd Burko is having troubles wit h his sources, with his technology at the paper, and with his family. The Imperf ectionists is a novel about the peculiar people who write and read an internatio nal 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 strug gling newspaper than in his magnificent basset hound, Schopenhauer. While the ne ws of the day rushes past, the true front-page stories for all of them are the b lunders and triumphs of their own lives. Tom Rachman's debut novel is beautifu lly written, intelligent, and makes us care about people who are both flawed and immensely engaging-about their lives, their families, and about the larger fami ly that is their newspaper. The Imperfectionists touches on the fall of newspa pers and the rise of technology but, above all, it is a wise and moving novel ab out unusual, endearing characters.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 288 pages. Cover worn.?Off the record, who is it?' He hesitates. ?I don't see why you need to k now.' But he does see, of course. ?It's my son.' Their chuckles are audible over the speakerphone. ?Are you serious?' Lloyd Burko is having troubles wit h his sources, with his technology at the paper, and with his family. The Imperf ectionists is a novel about the peculiar people who write and read an internatio nal 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 strug gling newspaper than in his magnificent basset hound, Schopenhauer. While the ne ws of the day rushes past, the true front-page stories for all of them are the b lunders and triumphs of their own lives. Tom Rachman's debut novel is beautifu lly written, intelligent, and makes us care about people who are both flawed and immensely engaging-about their lives, their families, and about the larger fami ly that is their newspaper. The Imperfectionists touches on the fall of newspa pers and the rise of technology but, above all, it is a wise and moving novel ab out unusual, endearing characters.…