Then We Came to the End is a wickedly funny, big-hearted novel about life in the office. It 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. With a demon's eye for the details that make life worth noticing, Joshua Ferris tells a true and funny story about survival in life's strangest environment—the one we pretend is normal five days a week.