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annodee 's review for:
The Imperfectionists
by Tom Rachman
Like Olive Kitteridge, this one reads like a series of connected short stories (each chapter has a gut-punch often found in short stories) but the connections are more obvious and frequent, and they don't center on one character. The main character is the unnamed international English-language newspaper referred to as "the paper." The writing is refreshingly concise and journalistic, fittingly. The characters are all too believable in their screwed-up craziness. There's an effective use of the Rome setting. The ending is softer and more forgiving of the characters than you might expect after reading their somewhat disturbing backgrounds.