Joshua Ferris' debut novel, Then We Came To The End, is a thoughtful, engrossing study of office life. Written in the plural first person (in other words, 'we'), it considers the emergence of the all too familiar group mentality that office life seems to foster, usually in opposition to some hapless individual who doesn't quite fit. Full of dark humour and profound insights into the risk/reward calculation that leads many of us to spend our entire lives in offices and jobs we care little about but without the courage to pursue our dreams, Then We Came To The End hints at some fundamental truths about the sorts of lives we lead in the noughties. We all know a lot of office life is a monumental waste of time and resources. Ferris' novel suggests that if we just had the guts to walk a different path we will find the sense of fulfillment we're looking for.
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