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  • After hearing how funny this book was I tried to read it several times. Recently picked it back up (after putting it down months ago) but quickly just gave up again - permanently this time. The long rambling pointless prose style just got to me. It's like listening to that long-winded person everyon ... Continue

    After hearing how funny this book was I tried to read it several times. Recently picked it back up (after putting it down months ago) but quickly just gave up again - permanently this time. The long rambling pointless prose style just got to me. It's like listening to that long-winded person everyone has in their office tell what should be a brief story about what they did last night - they drone on and on and won't just get to the point, and when they finally do you forgot why you even cared. Yes, there are some very pointed and funny observations in the book, but they are buried within long passages that go nowhere and serve no purpose.

    

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  • Loved this book. Interesting narration: first person plural! It really works. The book is spot-on for the collective conscious of people in the workplace. Why aren't there more books about the workplace? It's where we spend so much of our time. I've recommended this to many people without reservatio ... Continue

    Loved this book. Interesting narration: first person plural! It really works. The book is spot-on for the collective conscious of people in the workplace. Why aren't there more books about the workplace? It's where we spend so much of our time. I've recommended this to many people without reservations.

    

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This wickedly funny, big-hearted novel about life in the office signals the arrival of a gloriously talented new writer. The characters in THEN WE CAME TO THE END cope with a business downturn in the time-honored way: through gossip, secret romance, elaborate pranks, and increasingly frequent coffee breaks. By day they compete for the best office furniture left behind and try to make sense of the mysterious pro-bono ad campaign that is their only remaining "work."

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