book list #30 - newspaper people

The second book for TBC was The Imperfectionists. Again, I knew nothing about the book prior to reading it, and was pleasantly surprised to discover it was about newspaper people.

I say newspaper people in lieu of journalists because the characters in these books are stereotypes. The type of stereotypes that are uncomfortably familiar. The cranky old copy editor, the quirky fact checker, the type-a financial officer, etc. The characters are all made up of bits of people who I have met before, who I have worked with before.

The Imperfectionists is dark and completely entertaining. The characters lives weave together, but not in a corny Love Actually way (well, not until the end anyway).

As with any short fiction, some of the stories were stronger than others, but as a whole the book is a great deal of fun.