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" The imperfectionists : "
Tom Rachman.
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BL
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| Record Number
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1044345
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b798715
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| Main Entry
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Rachman, Tom.
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| Title & Author
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The imperfectionists : : a novel /\ Tom Rachman.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Dial Press,, ©2010.
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| Series Statement
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Book club kit
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| Page. NO
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viii, 272 pages ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0385343663
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: 0385343671
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: 9780385343664
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: 9780385343671
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| 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 rampage / Publisher -- Oliver Ott.
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| Abstract
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An "imperfect" crew of reporters and editors working for an international English language newspaper stumble toward an uncertain future as the era of print news gives way to the Internet age. The story is set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome.
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English newspapers-- Italy-- Rome, Fiction.
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Newspaper editors, Fiction.
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Newspaper publishing, Fiction.
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Reporters and reporting, Fiction.
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Grief, Fiction.
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English newspapers.
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Journalism-- Editing, Fiction.
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Newspaper editors.
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Newspaper publishing.
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Newspapers, Fiction.
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Reporters and reporting, Fiction.
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Reporters and reporting.
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Rome (Italy), Fiction.
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Italy, Rome.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.6
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| LC Classification
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PR9199.4.R323I57 2010
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| NLM classification
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I561.45clc
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