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Author:

Rachman, Tom.

Title:

The imperfectionists : a novel / Tom Rachman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Dial Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

viii, 272 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Reporters and reporting--Fiction.
Newspaper publishing--Fiction.
Newspaper editors--Fiction.
Rome (Italy)--Fiction.

Contents:

Bush Slumps to New Low in Polls / Paris Correspondent - Lloyd Burko -- Worlds Oldest Liar Dies at 126 / Obituary Writer - Arthur Gopal -- Europeans are Lazy, Study Says / Business Reporter - Hardy Benjamin -- Global Warming Good for Ice Creams / Corrections Editor - Herman Cohen -- U.S. General Optimistic on War / Editor-in-Chief - Kathleen Solson -- The Sex Lives of Islamic Extremists / Cairo Stringer - Winston Cheung -- Kooks with Nukes / Copy Editor - Ruby Zaga -- 76 Die in Baghdad Bombings / News Editor - Craig Menzies -- Cold War Over, Hot War Begins / Reader - Ornella de Monterecchi -- Markets Crash Over Fears of China Slowdown / Chief Financial Officer - Abbey Pinnola -- Gunman Kills 32 in Campus Rampage / Publisher - Oliver Ott

Summary:

An "imperfect" crew of reporters and editors working for an international English language newspaper stumble toward an uncertain future as the era of print news gives way to the Internet age. The story is set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome.

ISBN:

0385343663
9780385343664 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)326509269

LCCN:

2009033148

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