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One of most acclaimed books of the year, Tom Rachman's debut novel follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters and editors of an English-language newspaper in Rome.



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Tom Rachman

Tom Rachman is the author of four works of fiction: his bestselling debut, (2010) , which was translated into 25 languages; the critically acclaimed follow-up, (2014) ; a satirical audiobook-in-stories (2017) ; and an upcoming novel set in the art world, (March 2018) .Born in London and raised in Vancouver, Tom studied cinema at the University of Toronto and journalism at Columbia University in New York. He worked at The Associated Press as a foreign-news editor in Manhattan headquarters, then became a correspondent in Rome. He also reported from India, Sri Lanka, Japan, South Korea, Egypt, Turkey and elsewhere. To write fiction, he left the AP and moved to Paris, supporting himself as an editor at the International Herald Tribune. His writing has appeared in and , among other publications. He lives in London.



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