Then We Came to the End
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| Then We Came to the End | |
| Author | Joshua Ferris |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication date | March 1, 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 400 pp (HB 1st edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0316016384 |
Then We Came to the End is the debut novel by Joshua Ferris. It was released by Little, Brown and Company on March 1, 2007. A satire of the American workplace, it is similar in tone to Don 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 '90s Internet boom. Ferris employs a first-person-plural narrative.
[edit] Critical reaction
The book has been greeted by positive reviews from GQ,[issue # needed] The New Yorker,[issue # needed] Esquire,[issue # needed] and Slate.[1] The book was named one of the Best Books of 2007 by The New York Times.[issue # needed]
Time magazine's Lev Grossman named it one of the Top 10 Fiction Books of 2007, ranking it at #2.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ O'Rourke, Meghan; "Hell Is Other Cubicles: Joshua Ferris' new novel about work, the great American pastime."; slate.com; March 8, 2007.
- ^ Grossman, Lev; "The 10 Best Fiction Books"; Time magazine; December 24, 2007; Pages 44 - 45.
- ^ Grossman, Lev; Top 10 Fiction Books; time.com
