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Pitt has plan for “Imperfectionists.”
Brad Pitt’s production team Plan B has acquired the movie right for Tom Rachman’s new novel, “The Imperfectionists.”
The best-selling novel tells the story of an English-language newspaper in Rome and the lives of its staff members.
First released in March in the United Kingdom, “The Imperfectionists” is the debut novel for Rachman, a Canadian journalist turned author who bases his book on his own experiences as an expatriate reporter.
Hype for the book began in 2008, when it was named one of the hottest titles at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Since its April release in the United States, the book has been on the Amazon, New York Times and Los Angeles Times best-seller lists.
“The Imperfectionists” focuses on 11 characters, their interwoven lives and their ties to the 50-year-old newspaper, as well as the bleak future of the newspaper itself in the face of a new technological landscape.
No production schedule for the film adaptation has been released.
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The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry
In the years when her middle name was Trouble, Zee had a habit of stealing boats. Her father never suspected her of any wrongdoing. He let her run free in those early days after her mother’s death. He was busy being a pirate re- enactor, an odd leap for a man who had been a literary scholar all his life. But those were desperate times, and they were both weary from constantly carrying their loss, unable to put it down except in those brief moments when they could throw themselves into something beyond the reach of their memories.
In her fantasy world, the one where she could forgive herself for what happened that year, Zee liked to think that her father, Finch, would have been proud of her skills as a thief. In her wildest dreams, she pictured him joining her adventure, a huge leap for the professor, but not for the pirate he was becoming.
She had a preference for speedboats. Anything that could do over 30 knots was fair game. There was little security back then, and most of the keys (if there were any) were hidden somewhere on the boats themselves, usually in the most obvious places imaginable.
The game was simple. She would pick a boat that looked fast and sleek, give herself exactly five minutes to break in and get the engine started, and head out of the harbor toward the ocean. Once she passed the confines of Salem, she would open up the engine and point the bow straight out toward Baker’s Island. Later that night she would return the stolen boat.
There was only one rule. She could never return a boat to the same mooring from which she had stolen it.
Mass market paperback best sellers
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2. The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson
3. Run for Your Life, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
4. Wicked Prey, by John Sandford
5. The Apostle, by Brad Thor
6. The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks
7. Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris
8. Rick No Secrets, by Cindy Gerard
9. Relentless, by Dean Koontz
10. Guardian of Lies, by Steve Martini
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