{"product_id":"then-we-came-to-the-end-a-novel-1","title":"Then We Came to the End: A Novel","description":"Winner of the Hemingway Foundation \/ PEN Award, this debut novel is \"as funny as The Office, as sad as an abandoned stapler . . . that rare comedy that feels blisteringly urgent.\" (TIME)\n\nNo 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.\n\nWith 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.\n\nOne of the Best Books of the Year\nBoston Globe * Christian Science Monitor * New York Magazine * New York Times Book Review * St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Time magazine * Salon\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0316016381\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0316016381.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ferris, Joshua\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43336858042429,"sku":"BVV.0316016381.A","price":6.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0316016381-0.jpg?v=1783810283","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/then-we-came-to-the-end-a-novel-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}