The Imperfectionists is an absolutely winning novel funny, sad, affecting and sharply observational. Its set in the office of an English-language international paper, based in Rome, each chapter telling the story of a different employee on the paper, from ambitious workaholic editor-in-chief Kathleen Solson to obituary writer Arthur Gopal, the son of a world-famous journalist whose overriding ambition is to do as little work as possible and rush home to his beloved daughter, Peanut.