- Then We Came to the End
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name = Then We Came to the End
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author =Joshua Ferris
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country =United States
language = English
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genre =Novel
publisher =Little, Brown and Company
release_date =March 1 ,2007
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 400 pp (HB 1st edition)
isbn = ISBN 978-0316016384
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followed_by ="Then We Came to the End" is the
debut novel byJoshua Ferris . It was released byLittle, Brown and Company on March 1,2007 . A satire of the American workplace, it is similar in tone toDon DeLillo 's "Americana," even borrowing DeLillo's first line for its title.It takes place in a
Chicago advertising agency that is experiencing a downturn at the end of the '90sInternet boom. Ferris employs a first-person-plural narrative.Critical reaction
The book has been greeted by positive reviews from
GQ ,issue "The New Yorker ",issue "Esquire",issue and "Slate". [ [http://www.slate.com/id/2161409/ O'Rourke, Meghan; "Hell Is Other Cubicles: Joshua Ferris' new novel about work, the great American pastime."; slate.com;March 8 ,2007 .] ] The book was named one of the Best Books of 2007 by "The New York Times ".issue"Time" magazine's Lev Grossman named it one of the Top 10 Fiction Books of 2007, ranking it at #2. [Grossman, Lev; "The 10 Best Fiction Books"; "Time" magazine;
December 24 ,2007 ; Pages 44 - 45.] [ [http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686244_1691854,00.html Grossman, Lev; Top 10 Fiction Books; time.com] ]References
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