Rachman said he thinks books have a better future than. But for its staff, the true front-page stories are their own private lives. Like The Imperfectionists captured the struggling state of the newspaper world, the new novel reflects on issues facing the book industry. With war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the climate in meltdown and bin Laden still in hiding, the paper has plenty to fill its columns. The Imperfectionists is a novel about the quirky, maddening, endearing people who write and read an international newspaper based in Rome: from the obituary reporter who will do anything to avoid work, to the young freelancer who is manipulated by an egocentric war correspondent, to the dog-obsessed publisher who seems less interested in his struggling newspaper than in his magnificent basset hound, Schopenhauer. With his trademark styleat once deliciously ironic and deeply affectionate (The Washington Post)he has delivered a novel whose formal ingenuity and flamboyant technique are matched only by its humanity and generosity. Lloyd shoves off the bedcovers and hurries to the front door in white underwear and black socks. The Imposters is Tom Rachman at his inimitable best. Deadline is closing in and he is falling apart. Below, check out 'Bush Slumps to New Low in Polls,' an excerpt from The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman. Lloyd Burko is having troubles with his sources, with his technology at the paper, and with his family. Their chuckles are audible over the speakerphone.
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