Book Review

I just finished a great book Then We Came to the End, by Joshua Ferris which is about an ad agency in the late 90s. I thought it was written in a clever way, and seemed very true to life as far as office life/relationships go (though some of it is more of a caricature than anything). In a review in the Washington Post, James P. Othmer stated "The people with whom we spend the most time are those we know the least. And yet, somehow, they're the ones we know better than anyone else" which really sums up the entire book. I highly recommend.

As a sidebar, I also really love books that are set in cities that I know. Sammy's Hill, one of my favorite contemporary books is set in DC and Ferris' novel is set in Chicago. There's something fun about reading about the places you know.