The Imperfectionists - Rilegato

'Rachman is an admirable stylist. Each chapter is so finely wrought that it could stand alone as a memorable short story... Funny, poignant, occasionally breathtaking novel' --Financial Times.

'The Imperfectionists is alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching, and it's assembled like a Rubik's cube ... a cross between Evelyn Waugh's Scoop and Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing adventure ... (this) is so good I had to read it twice' --New York Times Book Review.

'Hilarious and poignant debut... Rachman's strength lies in the rendering of the characters - all 11 are believable, flawed and lovable... The Imperfectionists is funny and prescient, but still full of hope' --Yorkshire Post.

'Light-footed lyricism... a series of acutely observed character sketches and a poignant sense of nostalgia' --Glasgow Herald.

'Anyone who has ever spent time in newspaperland will recognize The Imperfectionists' high degree of authenticity. So will quite a few people beyond' --Guardian.

'sketched with lively charm ... loaded with charm and insight, the novel brings human tenderness to an inky business besieged by budget cuts and online competition' --Daily Mail.

'A precise, playful fiction with a deep but lightly worn intelligence' Times Literary Supplement.

'Vignettes packed with poignant insights and laugh out loud dialogue, the reader is left amazed and delighted by this new author whose prose is reminiscent of Portman and Vonnegut yet wholly and wonderfully his own. Buy this book!' Canada Post.

'Rachman has a real gift for capturing a life in a few sentences ... we realise the book has taken us through the 50-year life of the newspaper, and brought to life a moving cast of characters. By turns, funny and desperately sad, Rachman's always readable novel is a terrific debut' The Jewish Chronicle. --Reviews.

'sketched with lively charm ... loaded with charm and insight, the novel brings human tenderness to an inky business besieged by budget cuts and online competition' --Daily Mail.

'A precise, playful fiction with a deep but lightly worn intelligence' Times Literary Supplement.
'Vignettes packed with poignant insights and laugh out loud dialogue, the reader is left amazed and delighted by this new author whose prose is reminiscent of Portman and Vonnegut yet wholly and wonderfully his own. Buy this book!' Canada Post. --Reviews.

Tom Rachman was born in London and raised in Vancouver. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the Columbia School of Journalism. He has been a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press (stationed in Rome, with assignments taking him to Japan, South Korea, Turkey and Egypt, among other places). Since 2006, he has worked as an editor at the International Herald Tribune in Paris. The Imperfectionists is his first novel and is being published in ten countries.