A Calling for Charlie Barnes

Name: A Calling for Charlie Barnes
Author: Joshua Ferris

by Joshua Ferris

Character study of a middle-aged man struggling with ambition, family, and moral compromise

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Joshua Ferris

American novelist whose debut Then We Came to the End is a sharp satire of office life told in a collective first person. His subsequent fiction has explored loneliness, mortality, and modern anxiety. He is one of the most admired novelists of his generation.

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Then We Came to the EndWitty satire of Chicago ad agency through collective narrative voice of anonymous workers
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