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This book was easy to read, and it quickly pulled me into the tragicomic lives of employees an advertising agency.
Those of us who are alumni of corporate cube-land can relate to what happens in this novel: these people thrive on rumors, they flock to free food in the kitchen, they break up their idle chitchat whenever the boss comes by, they parse everything management says to search for hidden meanings, they go to lunch, they play pratical jokes, they take offense.
Those of us who are alumni of corporate cube-land can relate to what happens in this novel: these people thrive on rumors, they flock to free food in the kitchen, they break up their idle chitchat whenever the boss comes by, they parse everything management says to search for hidden meanings, they go to lunch, they play pratical jokes, they take offense.
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I picked up this book for two reasons: one, it was written in first person plural and I was interested in seeing what a novel in that POV would be like, and two, it was set in Chicago.
It dragged on a bit at times and there were a lot of characters to keep up with. The author captured the ennui of corporate office life perfectly and by the end of the book I didn't like anybody except Joe, and for the most part I've found that by the time I leave a job (with one or two exceptions) I don't like any ...more
It dragged on a bit at times and there were a lot of characters to keep up with. The author captured the ennui of corporate office life perfectly and by the end of the book I didn't like anybody except Joe, and for the most part I've found that by the time I leave a job (with one or two exceptions) I don't like any ...more
I couldn't decide whether to give this a 2 or a 3 star. It took so long for me to actually get into this book. It starts out really monotonous and random, which I think the author actually intended in order to portray office life. Finally in the end it starts to focus in on important occurances among the office workers. Liked the end, not so muc the beginning.
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I totally did not get this book. It was on all the critic's best of 2007 lists and I barely got through it. Yuck.
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Sep 15, 2008
Kathy Newton
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it was amazing
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Jul 18, 2015
Lisa Tipescu
marked it as to-read
Dec 14, 2015
Sam
marked it as to-read
Jun 23, 2018
The Lady Anna
marked it as own-but-have-not-read
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