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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 10:36 AM
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel
by Joshua Ferris

About an advertising firm in 2001 right when the dotcom starts to go bust. I never laughed so hard reading a book.

Just a recommendation.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 10:40 AM
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1. Our small agency went bust in '02.....
although we really started to see things
slip as early as '99.

Will I laugh or cry?
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 11:00 AM
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2. You will identify and laugh you ass off.
It is well written. The other tells in in first person POV but as "we" instead of "I". The it switches to 3rd person POV for a chapter but the ending explains why. It's very different and if you've ever worked with multiple personalities who love/hate one another, you will strongly indentify.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 11:13 AM
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3. Putting it on my list...I can use a good laugh...my last three books:
Shock Doctrine...

The Crash of '29...

The Poisonwood Bible.

:cry:
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 11:15 AM
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4. Anything like Twain's "Prviate History of a Campaign that Failed?"
:D
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 11:52 AM
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5. Never read that one.
But I will now.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 12:49 PM
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6. I read that a while back
Picked it up because I worked in advertising for three years in the '90s. Accurate, that's for sure!
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