{"product_id":"then-we-came-to-the-end","title":"Then We Came to the End","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThen We Came to the End\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJoshua Ferris\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780316016391\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBack Bay Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Hemingway Foundation \/ PEN Award, this debut novel is \"as funny as \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e, as sad as an abandoned stapler . . . that rare comedy that feels blisteringly urgent.\" (TIME)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one knows us in quite the same way as the men and women who sit beside us in department meetings and crowd the office refrigerator with their labeled yogurts. Every office is a family of sorts, and the Chicago ad agency depicted in Joshua Ferris's exuberantly acclaimed first novel is family at its best and worst, coping with a business downturn in the time-honored way: through gossip, elaborate pranks, and increasingly frequent coffee breaks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a demon's eye for the details that make life worth noticing, Joshua Ferris tells an emotionally true and funny story about survival in life's strangest environment--the one we pretend is normal five days a week. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOne of the Best Books of the Year \u003cbr\u003eBoston Globe * Christian Science Monitor * New York Magazine * New York Times Book Review * St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Time magazine * Salon\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Then We Came to the End | Joshua Ferris | Paperback | 9780316016391 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1557835","offer_id":50580111655170,"sku":"1557835","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61BBY_CHW3L.jpg?v=1790983036","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/then-we-came-to-the-end","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}