42 - The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman, 269 pages, Anchor Canada, 2010
WHY I PICKED IT: Saw it in the airport book store
ELAPSED TIME: 2 days
RATING: Very Good
This could have been a very dry story, of an English newspaper out of Italy from it's inception through to it's end. However, Rachman takes an interesting approach to make it very good: Each chapter is written from a different character's perspective, so it reads like a series of well written short stories with the newspaper being a side note, and central to the tale at the same time.
Not sure if I'll seek out more by Rachman, but I certainly did enjoy this book and would recommend it.
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