The Resource The imperfectionists, Tom Rachman
The imperfectionists, Tom Rachman
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- Summary
- At the Caffe Greco in Rome, circa 1953, Atlanta financier Cyrus Ott makes an offer that can't be refused. He will establish an international English-language newspaper to be run in Italy by Betty, the woman he once loved, and her husband, Leo, a hack writer for a Chicago daily. Within the building's walls an entire history of the print news business plays out over a 50-year span as writers, editors, and accountants grow in professional stature, squander their reputations, and fade into obsolescence. A former editor for the Paris branch of the International Herald Tribune, Rachman makes outstanding use of his credentials to place readers in the center of a newsroom so palpable one can hear the typewriters clacking and feel the uncomfortable undercurrent of professional jealousy among the writers jockeying for position. Navigating the minefields of relationships, parenthood, loneliness, and failure, each realistically imperfect character, developed through intimate, candid detail, becomes a story unto himself (or herself)
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 453 pages (large print)
- Contents
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- "Bush slumps to new low in polls" Paris correspondent--Lloyd Burko
- "World's 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 ramgage" publisher--Oliver Ott
- Isbn
- 9781410430656
- Label
- The imperfectionists
- Title
- The imperfectionists
- Statement of responsibility
- Tom Rachman
- Subject
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- Newspaper publishing -- Fiction
- trueNewspaper publishers and publishing
- truePsychological fiction
- Reporters and reporting -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in Italy
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueCompetition
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueItaly
- trueJealousy
- trueJournalists
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueNewspaper editors
- Newspaper editors -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At the Caffe Greco in Rome, circa 1953, Atlanta financier Cyrus Ott makes an offer that can't be refused. He will establish an international English-language newspaper to be run in Italy by Betty, the woman he once loved, and her husband, Leo, a hack writer for a Chicago daily. Within the building's walls an entire history of the print news business plays out over a 50-year span as writers, editors, and accountants grow in professional stature, squander their reputations, and fade into obsolescence. A former editor for the Paris branch of the International Herald Tribune, Rachman makes outstanding use of his credentials to place readers in the center of a newsroom so palpable one can hear the typewriters clacking and feel the uncomfortable undercurrent of professional jealousy among the writers jockeying for position. Navigating the minefields of relationships, parenthood, loneliness, and failure, each realistically imperfect character, developed through intimate, candid detail, becomes a story unto himself (or herself)
- Summary
- Preoccupied by personal challenges while running a struggling newspaper in Rome, an obituary writer confronts mortality, an eccentric publisher obsesses over his dog, and other staff members uncover the paper's founding by an impulsive millionaire
- Award
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- Canadian Authors Association Literary Awards, MOSAID Technologies Inc. Award for Fiction, 2011.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2010
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 336075
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rachman, Tom
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9199.4.R323
- LC item number
- I57 2010b
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Reporters and reporting
- Newspaper publishing
- Newspaper editors
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The imperfectionists, Tom Rachman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "Bush slumps to new low in polls" Paris correspondent--Lloyd Burko -- "World's 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 ramgage" publisher--Oliver Ott
- Control code
- 18481501
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 453 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410430656
- Lccn
- 2010024166
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn640133276
- (OCoLC)640133276
- Label
- The imperfectionists, Tom Rachman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "Bush slumps to new low in polls" Paris correspondent--Lloyd Burko -- "World's 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 ramgage" publisher--Oliver Ott
- Control code
- 18481501
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 453 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410430656
- Lccn
- 2010024166
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn640133276
- (OCoLC)640133276
Subject
- Newspaper publishing -- Fiction
- trueNewspaper publishers and publishing
- truePsychological fiction
- Reporters and reporting -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in Italy
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueCompetition
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueItaly
- trueJealousy
- trueJournalists
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueNewspaper editors
- Newspaper editors -- Fiction
Genre
- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- truePsychological fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
Member of
Included in
- trueCanadian Authors Association Literary Awards: MOSAID Technologies Inc. Award for Fiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2010
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