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Starred Review. In this wildly funny debut from former ad man Ferris, a group of copywriters and designers at a Chicago ad agency face layoffs at the end of the '90s boom. Indignation rises over the rightful owner of a particularly coveted chair ("We felt deceived"). Gonzo e-mailer Tom Mota quotes Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the midst of his tirades, desperately trying to retain a shred of integrity at a job that requires a ruthless attention to what will make people buy things. Jealousy toward the aloof and "inscrutable" middle manager Joe Pope spins out of control. Copywriter Chris Yop secretly returns to the office after he's laid off to prove his worth. Rumors that supervisor Lynn Mason has breast cancer inspire blood lust, remorse, compassion. Ferris has the downward-spiraling office down cold, and his use of the narrative "we" brilliantly conveys the collective fear, pettiness, idiocy and also humanity of high-level office drones as anxiety rises to a fever pitch. Only once does Ferris shift from the first person plural (for an extended fugue on Lynn's realization that she may be ill), and the perspective feels natural throughout. At once delightfully freakish and entirely credible, Ferris's cast makes a real impression. (Mar.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.

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Fans of "The Office"--American or British--will enjoy Joshua Ferris's take on working life. This debut novel is written from a plural first-person viewpoint, which is a bit odd at first but soon becomes transparent and integral. Ad agency employees struggle to create a humorous breast cancer awareness campaign while dodging the lay-off ax. The characters are recognizable office personalities, and Deanna Hurst's narration gives each character life without going overboard with different voices for dialogue. In other words, like the characters themselves, the voices all sound different and the same, simultaneously. With Hurst playing Ferris's dry, sharp humor perfectly, listeners will be sorry to hear the story come to an end. M.T. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient de la Audio CD édition.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 "Then we came to the end" - but it took too long, Oct. 27 2008
Par Stephen Bailey (Vancouver, Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Then We Came to the End: A Novel (Hardcover)
I really wanted to love this book. I had read several reviews that promoted it, and I was very confident I would love it. Unfortunately, my expectations were far too high. Had this book been half as long, which I argue it could be, I would probably have enjoyed it far more. But I ended up continuing to pick it up and work away at it just to finish it and start another one. I know people like it, so I feel a little bad, but it was just too long.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 NOT Like "The Office" In Book Form, Aoû 4 2007
Par Just J (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Then We Came to the End: A Novel (Hardcover)
I picked this up, thinking it was basically 'The Office' in book form.

It's not.

Ultimately, you don't really care what happens to any of the characters and I don't think it really rings true to what it's like working in an office. There were none of those moments where you chuckle to yourself and think, 'Yeah. I've thought that before, too.'

Don't get me wrong: it's perfectly readable, but it's not a page-turner and it's not particularly funny. I felt like this book was overrated.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Brilliant start, Aoû 17 2008
Par dannotstan (Toronto, ON) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Then We Came to the End: A Novel (Hardcover)
A book that is deeper, truer and more profound than I think it realises itself. The book shuffles between two modes: funny office humour, and scenes that may best be described as elegaic and even epiphanic. The office scenes are usually subtle and always hilarious, but sometimes feel like they belong in a lesser, not-so-transformative novel. But that is a testament to how wise the novel is.

The middle section, as has been written about elsewhere, is a foray into the perspective and world of a character whom you don't expect to hear so intimately from, and yet it is the strongest, most devastating portion of the book, and worth the cover price in itself. Ferris employs the first person plural for most of the novel; not only does it set the right tone, but it serves as a kind of unanswered question for the duration of the novel that is answered, with a sense of grand summation, in the very last line.

This novel walks a tightrope and never missteps. Highly recommended.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Entertaining but you'll forget about it in a month
I picked this book up without ever having heard of it or the author before. It was actually the reviews that are plastered all over the book that caught my eye. Read more
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A great first novel

While Then We Came to the End has been touted for its humor- and it is a funny book- to read it as strictly a spoof of ad agency life would be to diminish what Joshua Ferris... Read more
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