I love that books are cheaper these days because of the weak dollar. Look at the receipt above for Joshua Ferris' excellent debut novel in mass paperback. For just P299.
It's called Then We Came To The End, and it is about a group of advertising people during the period of recession in the late 90's. Ferris describes the office setting and the goings-on therein with impressive accuracy. He also portrays his characters, who are daily going through the fear of getting fired, with great depth and humanity, while skewering them for their foibles and pettiness.
I enjoyed the book for Ferris' minute observations of office life, some bordering on the ridiculous, but which are also uncomfortably true. Not many novels now are set in the office, but Ferris shows that it is a rich mining field for text and subtext. After all, isn't the office where most of us live our lives these days?
If I sound too serious, I just also want to say that this is a hilarious book.
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