Joshua Ferris' Then We Came to the End
Yay, this finally came in from the library! I've been reading good reviews for ages and was dying to read it. Luckily it met my expectations. Narrated in first person plural (except for one chapter in the middle, which is a jarring change), a hard trick to pull off, Ferris' novel is all about office life--drudgery, fear of layoffs, office politics--and he totally nails the environment. His characters are all slightly quirky and endearing, and the inevitable ending is both fitting and satisfying. A.
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